Carachi
Personal memory by Otav Manuel Chávez Carita
2000 • Machu Picchu, Peru
“There existed a certain fish in Lake Titicaca that was called the Carachi, which nowadays you cannot find much of and they are very limited. There was also the clams that were a type of shellfish in the Pacific Ocean, but have now migrated to the south of Chile because of global warming issues. Another place is the Huatanay River, which crosses the whole city of Cuzco and that, according to my grandparents, was once filled with fish. For example: trout. But now the river is more polluted by the city because of the overpopulation that exists there.”
Maya Lin, Global Residency Program
Creative Time / Rockefeller Foundation
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