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Juan Manuel Echavarría

Bocas de ceniza (Mouths of Ashes),
2003 - 2004
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Bocas de Ceniza is the name of the mouth of the Magdalena river in Colombia, where the bodies of the war victims thrown into its waters appear. Survivors of massacres sing songs composed by themsleves about their traumatic experiences.

Juan Manuel Echavarría
* 1947 Medellín, Colombia.
Lives in Bogotá, Colombia.
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© Video stills: Juan Manuel Echavarría
Repros: Haupt & Binder

Venice / 2005 / Exhibitions / Latin America / Photos