Place : The City Hall : Salle des Prévôts and Salon des Tapisseries
Dates : December 15th, 2006 - January 27th, 2007
(Free admission)
Description : An installation exploring the two visions of the Natural world that co-habited in the Amazons : The Native-American and the Post-Colonial. The visitor enters the intimacy of the Amazonian world through the story- telling of Pre-Columbian myths and imagery inspired by Colombian novel "La Vorágine" by José Eustasio Rivera.

The videos also use personal and autobiographical texts. They will show the power of water within the Amazonian spirit. The installation, with its' river-like shape, the reflection of the images on the water covering the floor and the content of the videos : myths about the water goddess, "Yara" and the god associated to the pink dauphins, "Mohan", proposes an immersion into the tropical Amazonian universe of Colombia. A discovery of a world ruled by the force of water (the river and the rain). The music created by Peruvian composer and multi-instrumentalist, Rodolfo Muñoz enriches the experience inside "Amazonas mia".
Interview RFI with Jordi Batallé

Interview RFI with Conchita Penilla

Press Release /Colombian Embassy: PDF

Sponsored by:

PARIS: Société Maita Déco 06-31-42-52-83

Special thanks to Sara Bennett from the Fundación Maikuchiga, "The monkey's history"

For more information on Native American issues, please visit: La Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia -- ONIC and Survival International