Charly Nijensohn

Around 30 years ago, Brazilian government authorized the construction of a dam in the middle of the Amazonian region to supply energy to the city of Manaus: the Balbina Hydroelectic Dam. The result was that a vast part of the rainforest was buried under water, along with an important part of the territories occupied by the Waimiri - Atroari tribes.

This flooding ranks as one of the worst disasters by human hands. Original communities were harassed and displaced by the action of modern progress. These tribes will take part in the development of the Dead Forest project.

“Exposed to the erosion of time, they vanish into the emptiness. In silence and isolation, they are testimony of an existence which, in disappearing, becomes a declaration of principles.”

This work intends to reflect on the links between a society in a state of emergency and the landscape which contains it and defines its metaphysical essence

Dead Forest: Amazonas October 2008 - July 2009

Pre-Production: Berlin - Buenos Aires - Sao Paulo (October / July 2009)
Production: Balbina, Amazonia (December 2009)
Post-Production: Berlin (January / July 2009

Trip: Sao Pablo / Manaus
Transfer: Manaus / Presidente Figueredo / Balbina

 

LUXEESSENTIEL will report with images on the evolution of this project

27/11/2008:
Under Construction

28/11/2008:
Caixas Fluctuantes