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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.

Na Amazônia, estradas associadas à mineração causam grandes danos ambientais! — Ecoamazônia

O impacto provocado pelas rodovias abertas para acessar minas pode ser 60 vezes maior que as próprias minas    Se implantada, a exploração de 242 depósitos minerais na Reserva Nacional de Cobre e Associados (Renca), que abrange partes de nove … Continue reading

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« Yanomami – lutando pela existência em nossa terra sagrada! »

Júnior Hekurari Yanomami « Há exatamente 8 anos o povo Yanomami começou a vivenciar um sofrimento, fruto da negligência do Estado Brasileiro que deveria nos proteger, mas nos deixou a mercê dos invasores e da desassistência. No período de 2019 a … Continue reading

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Uma expedição à serra do Imeri, montanha inexplorada da Amazônia brasileira. — Ecoamazônia

É difícil chegar à serra do Imeri, no norte do Amazonas, próximo à fronteira com a Venezuela. Com altitude de até 2.450 metros (m) e ocupadas por campos com bromélias, paredões rochosos e árvores cercadas por neblina, essas montanhas aparentemente … Continue reading

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« Yanomami – battons pour l’existence sur notre terre sacrée! »

Júnior Hekurari Yanomami « Il y a exactement 8 ans le peuple Yanomami commençait à vivre la souffrance, résultat de la négligence de l’État brésilien qui devrait nous protéger, mais nous laissait à la merci des envahisseurs et de la non … Continue reading

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Xamanismo do povo Yanomami conecta cultura ancestral com a juventude — Ecoamazônia

Saberes milenares sobre seres auxiliares da floresta permanecem vivos Uma cultura milenar que tem na relação em harmonia com a floresta a sustentação de própria história e do povo. 39 more words Xamanismo do povo Yanomami conecta cultura ancestral com a … Continue reading

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« Yanomami – Fighting for existence in our sacred land! »

Júnior Hekurari Yanomami « Exactly 8 years ago, the Yanomami people began to experience suffering, as a result of the negligence of the Brazilian State that was supposed to protect us, but left us at the mercy of invaders and lack … Continue reading

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A principal infraestrutura da Amazônia é a floresta em pé!

A Carta de Alter, documento final do maior encontro de organizações ambientais, associações locais e institutos de pesquisa da Amazônia, defende um desenvolvimento para as pessoas e com o meio ambiente Paisagem interior de uma floresta amazônica intacta Após três … Continue reading

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Cosa sta vendendo quest’uomo? – Cartier ha comprato un po’ – anche tu?

Pedro Perez Miranda, detto anche “Pietro Ferrari” Chiunque pensi di acquistare o utilizzare oro dovrebbe dare un’occhiata all’episodio “Dirty Gold” della straordinaria serie antologica di documentari di Netflix, “Dirty Money”! È una vera versione di “Narcos”! Ferrari è stato uno … Continue reading

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Blood, Soil, and Grass-Fed Beef — Mother Jones

During an appearance on Steve Bannon’s podcast in January, Noor Bin Ladin—right-wing influencer, Osama’s niece—said she had a message for Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chair of the World Economic Forum: “ 842 more words Blood, Soil, and Grass-Fed Beef … Continue reading

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¿Qué vende este hombre? – Cartier compró algunos, ¿tú también?

Pedro Pérez Miranda, también conocido como “Peter Ferrari” ¡Cualquiera que esté pensando en comprar o usar oro debería ver el episodio “Dirty Gold” de la extraordinaria serie de antología documental de Netflix, “Dirty Money”! ¡Es una versión real de “Narcos”! … Continue reading

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