#orinoco river

[grrl-beetle]

Monumental snake engravings of the Orinoco River

[manessha545]

Angostura Bridge, Bolívar, Venezuela: Angostura Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the Orinoco River at Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. The Spanish word Angostura means "narrows". Built in 1967 at a cost of US$35million, the bridge has a total length of 1,678.50 meters, a distance of 1,272 meters between the two towers, and a main span of 712 meters. Wikipedia

[remediosvarou]

Um dos quadros mais famosos de Remedios Varo, Exploração das Fontes do Rio Orinoco, fala de uma viagem que a pintora fez para a Venezuela. O quadro resume suas expectativas, desventuras e sucessos e foi feito mais de uma década depois dessa experiencia mais ou menos feliz. Parte de uma coleção particular, a obra foi leiloada há alguns anos e arrematada por de um 1 milhão de dolares. Para saber a história completa, clique aqui.

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Exploration of the Sourcers of the Orinoco River, 1959.

[shortvisualstories]

Juanita Escobar’s project ‘ORINOCO women’s journal’ – “The setting for my story is the Orinoco River in the Colombian department of Vichada, which marks the border between rural Colombia and Venezuela…

I want to tell the stories of the women that share this territory: the indigenous woman — the Sikuani, Amorúa, Piaroa, Puinave, Curripaco and Saliva — the Venezuelan woman, the plains woman. They populate the area around this border, as nomads or sedentary inhabitants and are the ones who guide us through these territories where they are always on the move, allowing us to become part of their memory… Women have suffered the impacts of borders most severely. I have therefore decided that it is their legacy, wounds and present conditions that should be recorded in this first chapter of a project intended to be long-term…  I want to search for the visual marks left by the earth, river and jungle in the faces of the people, in their skin. I also want to look for emotions that exit the body to become landscape and atmosphere.”

Oniroco: oneiri * and Orinoco, a combination of river and dreams. Or perhaps nightmares. *In Spanish oneiri is Onirico, which is really close to the name of the river: Orinoco.

Source – artist statement.

[nemfrog]

In the Orinoco Delta.  Ferdinand Hirt’s geographische Bildertafeln. 1884. 

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Photo: unknown

Pink River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

Due to the pink body, it is called pink river dolphin. The family of this species is Iniidae. It is considered as toothed whale. The Orinoco river dolphin, Bolivian river dolphin and Amazon River dolphin are the three subspecies.

Photo: lydiacneal.wordpress.com - flickr

Photo: imgarcade.com

Photo: unknown

[luxelegantopulence]

Río Orinoco.. longest river in South America at 2,140 kilometres..( 76.3 percent of it inVenezuela and the remainder in Colombia.)

[remediosvarou]

Exploração das fontes do rio Orinoco. 1959 . Exploration of the sources of the Orinoco river.

Atualmente, essa obra está na galeria Di Donna (Nova Iorque) compondo a exposição Surrealismo no México juntamente com trabalhos de Leonora Carrington (amiga intima e colaboradora de Remédios), Frida Kahlo e outros. 

Cheia de movimento e aventura, Exploração já foi interpretada por Elizabeth Sànchez como o fim de uma jornada em direção ao auto conhecimento e superação. 

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This paiting is currently in Di Donna gallery (NY) as part of the Surrealism in Mexico exhibition. Other works include Leonora Carrington’s - Remedios’ close friend and colaborator - and Frida Kahlo’s.

Full of movement and adventure, Exploration has been interpreted by Elizabeth Sànchez as the conclusion of a journey towards self knowledge and victory.