Venus

Dynamo and Venus are two traditional hand made gobelins inspired by
the readings of “The Dynamo and the Virgin” by Henry Adams. In this text
Henry is infatuated with the Paris Exposition of 1900, specially with the power generators that transform mechanical energy into electricity.
Through this text Henry makes an analogy between Christianity and
modern technology; although he is skeptical of both, he is also aware
of the “force” that they represent. For him the dynamo has replaced
symbolically the church (the Venus), and he fears that if mankind cannot
master technology, technology will master them.

This Gobelins depict two wooden figures that Orlaineta fabricated by hand on a wood lathe. These figures were transformed with the use of energy which fueled a rotating dynamo that allowed him to create a round profile with a specific form. These figures are portrayed in the gobelins and represent images of force; the Dynamo and the Venus. Image of potential knowledge sometimes impossible to find.