Tens of Thousands of 12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Colombia
The paintings include depictions of deer, crocodiles, snakes, large rodents called capybaras and anteaters. They show hunters and warriors celebrating.
Slee calls the places where the art was painted a chapel. He told the Guardian: “The peoples who once lived here have left in pictures testimony of their awe and respect for the wild. When I saw the images, I honestly felt an affinity with the artists. They were attempting to capture the power, grace, spirit and essence of the animal in pictures. Perhaps it was to make the hunt better the next day, but there is clearly careful observation in their art. It’s what contemporary photographers, painters, film-makers set out to do when they create a wildlife project.”
In his movie about Colombia, Slee would warn about the gold and emerald mining that is destroying forest and polluting rivers and the clear-cutting of the rainforest. “We’re taking out the rainforest, we’re losing species every week. We have the most beautiful country on Earth and we are in danger of destroying it,” he said.
He hopes to return to Cerro Campana and make a second movie about the rock art.
Slee calls the places where the art was painted a chapel. He told the Guardian: “The peoples who once lived here have left in pictures testimony of their awe and respect for the wild. When I saw the images, I honestly felt an affinity with the artists. They were attempting to capture the power, grace, spirit and essence of the animal in pictures. Perhaps it was to make the hunt better the next day, but there is clearly careful observation in their art. It’s what contemporary photographers, painters, film-makers set out to do when they create a wildlife project.”
In his movie about Colombia, Slee would warn about the gold and emerald mining that is destroying forest and polluting rivers and the clear-cutting of the rainforest. “We’re taking out the rainforest, we’re losing species every week. We have the most beautiful country on Earth and we are in danger of destroying it,” he said.
He hopes to return to Cerro Campana and make a second movie about the rock art.
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28 August 2023
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