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About Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

I'm a French artist living near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 I studied at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, then at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, for my BFA. My work for many decades has been informed and inspired by time spent with indigenous communities. Various study trips devoted to the exploration of techniques and natural pigments took me originally to the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, and subsequently to Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil. Over many years, during the winters, I studied the techniques of traditional Bogolan painting. Hand woven fabric is dyed with boiled bark from the Wolo tree or crushed leaves from other trees, then painted with mud from the Niger river which oxidizes in contact with the dye. Through the Dogon and the Yanomami, my interest in the multiplicity of techniques and supports for aesthetic expression influenced my artistic practice. The voyages to the Amazon Rainforest have informed several series of paintings created while living among the Yanomami. The support used is roughly woven canvas prepared with acrylic medium then textured with a mixture of sand from the river bank and lava. This supple canvas is then rolled and transported on expeditions into the forest. They are then painted using a mixture of acrylic colors and Achiote and Genipap, the vegetal pigments used by the Yanomami for their ritual body paintings and on practical and shamanic implements. My concern for the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest has inspired my films and installation projects. Since 2005, I've created a perfomance and film project - Fire Sculpture - to bring urgent attention to Rainforest issues. To protest against the continuing destruction, I've publicly set fire to my totemic sculptures. These burning sculptures symbolize the degradation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous cultures that depend on the forest for their survival.

This Māori Community Used a Surprising Tactic to Avoid Killer Floods! — Mother Jones

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two kilometers inland from Hawke’s Bay on the North Island of New Zealand, a dark-red gate just off the highway marks the entrance to the … Continue reading →

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O uso da tribo amazônica pelo comerciante de ouro Cartier leva os defensores Indígenas a alegar hipocrisia! Os Yanomami dizem: “Como pode uma empresa de ouro, contra a qual nós Yanomami nos opomos, usar a imagem dos Yanomami?” & “Quem compra um anel de ouro faz parte do crime!”

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

É você? Crianças Yanomami sofrendo de desnutrição e intoxicação por mercúrio diretamente ligada à mineração de ouro. publicidade Cartier/Fundação Cartier “Os Yanomami estão pagando o preço com sua saúde e com suas próprias vidas pela implacável avidez por ouro de … Continue reading →

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The Bittersweet Parable of the Planet’s Biggest Bee — Mother Jones

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. While working as a curatorial assistant at the American Museum of Natural History, Eli Wyman… 1,306 more words The Bittersweet Parable of the Planet’s Biggest Bee — Mother … Continue reading →

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La tribu amazonienne affichée sur le site Cartier se rebelle ! L’or continue de faire des ravages en Amazonie ! Les Yanomami disent : “Comment une entreprise de bijoux en or, contre laquelle nous, les Yanomami, sommes opposés, peut-elle utiliser l’image des Yanomami ?” & “Quiconque achète une bague en or fait partie du crime !” 

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Est-ce toi ? Enfants Yanomami souffrant de malnutrition et d’empoisonnement au mercure directement liés à l’extraction de l’or. https://www.presse-citron.net/cartier-accuse-dexploiter-limage-dune-tribu-amazonienne/ En effet, Alain Dominique Perrin a été Président de la maison de joaillerie, horlogerie et accessoires en or Cartier de 1975 … Continue reading →

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Desmatamento e sistema de saúde precário aumentam o risco de surto de zoonoses no Brasil!

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Estudo publicado ontem (29) na revista Science Advances mostra que dois terços dos estados brasileiros têm risco de médio a alto para ser o próximo palco de surto de zoonoses. Esta relação se dá, sobretudo, em populações humanas vulneráveis que … Continue reading →

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Gold merchant Cartier’s use of Amazon tribe prompts Indigenous advocates to allege hypocrisy! Yanomami say: “How can a gold jewelry company, which we Yanomami people are against, use the image of the Yanomami?” & “Anyone who buys a gold ring is part of the crime!”

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Is this you? Yanomami children suffering from malnutrition and mercury poisoning directly linked with gold mining. Cartier/Foundation Cartier publicity Fabiano Maisonnave’s article for AP is here: https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-gold-indigenous-yanomami-cartier-venezuela-6533687f2da0ea66a4bd72e8f211de69 In fact, Alain Dominique Perrin was President of the Cartier gold jewelry, watch … Continue reading →

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colonizers by map — Lara Trace Hentz

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Slate highlights this map:  In recent decades, respect for European explorers, such as Christopher Columbus, has waned, likely because these once-romanticized swashbuckling adventurers killed people, eradicated cultures, and “discovered” places that people (for example, the natives) already knew about. They … Continue reading →

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La Terra e le popolazioni Indigene stanno morendo per la nostra ossessione per l’oro! Per favori, Scegli il diritto alla vita rispetto ai profitti in oro e vanità!

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

foto: Barrick Gold Corporation L’oro è una reliquia coloniale che dobbiamo riconoscere con urgenza come essenzialmente priva di valore: la deforestazione, l’inquinamento e gli impatti catastrofici sull’acqua, sulla fauna selvatica e sulle comunità indigene sono principalmente per gioielli e prodotti … Continue reading →

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CAR é usado para “esquentar” grilagem de terras públicas na Amazônia!

Posted on January 29, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Grileiros fraudam cadastro rural para destruir floresta, apontam ambientalistas; para governo, problema é dos estados. Cadastro Ambiental Rural foi criado para regularizar áreas ambientais e conter desmatamento. Pesquisadores dizem que, sem validação, documento serve para legitimar fraudes Por Marcela Mattos, … Continue reading →

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¡La Tierra y los pueblos Indigenas se están muriendo por nuestra obsesión por el oro! Por favor, ¡Elige el derecho a la vida sobre las ganancias del oro y vanidad!

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

foto: Barrick Gold Corporation El oro es una reliquia colonial que debemos reconocer urgentemente como esencialmente sin valor: la deforestación, la contaminación y los impactos catastróficos en el agua, la vida silvestre y las comunidades indígenas son en su mayoría … Continue reading →

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