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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.

De Copérnico a Kafka. Ou como o Estado puniu os médicos que revolucionaram a saúde indígena no Brasil: a história da Urihi — SUMAÚMA

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Deise Alves e Cláudio Esteves criaram um modelo que salvou os Yanomami, entre os anos 1990 e o início dos 2000, e que servia de barreira ao garimpo. 21 more words De Copérnico a Kafka. Ou como o Estado puniu os … Continue reading →

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O que esse homem está vendendo? – Cartier comprou alguns, você também?

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, também conhecido como “Peter Ferrari” Qualquer pessoa que esteja pensando em comprar ou usar ouro deve assistir ao episódio “Dirty Gold” da extraordinária série antológica de documentários da Netflix, “Dirty Money”! É uma versão real de “Narcos”! … Continue reading →

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Por que o Estado destruiu a vida dos médicos que salvaram os Yanomami — SUMAÚMA

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Ao entenderem que para cuidar da saúde indígena seria preciso cuidar da saúde da floresta, barrando o garimpo, Deise Alves e Cláudio Esteves se tornaram alvos de articulações políticas que usaram a burocracia como arma Por que o Estado destruiu a … Continue reading →

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Qu’est-ce que cet homme vend ? – Cartier en a acheté, vous aussi ?

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, alias “Peter Ferrari” Quiconque envisage d’acheter ou de porter de l’or devrait voir l’épisode “Dirty Gold” de l’extraordinaire série d’anthologies documentaires de Netflix, “Dirty Money” ! C’est une version réelle de “Narcos” ! Ferrari était l’un des principaux coupables … Continue reading →

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‘Nossas vidas acabaram’: sexo por ouro, alcoolismo e doenças. As aldeias Yanomami destruídas pelo garimpo — SUMAÚMA

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Moradores de três regiões contam como suas comunidades foram devastadas em anos de invasão criminosa permitida pelo Estado. Os relatos mostram que a desorganização social e cultural pode perpetuar a instabilidade mesmo com a saída dos garimpeiros ‘Nossas vidas acabaram’: sexo … Continue reading →

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What’s this man selling? – Cartier bought some of it, did you, too?

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, alias “Peter Ferrari” Anyone who is considering buying or wearing gold should see the “Dirty Gold” episode of Netflix’s extraordinary documentary anthology series, “Dirty Money”! It’s a real life version of “Narcos“! Ferrari was one of the … Continue reading →

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After 60 Years, ‘Silent Spring’ Is Still Changing the World | Civil Eats — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

With pesticides still so rampant, what is the legacy of Silent Spring? How far have we come and how much farther do we have to go to realize the human right to healthy food, and to protect the rights of the … Continue reading →

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L’uso non autorizzato di immagini di una tribù amazzonica sul sito web di Cartier ha suscitato forti critiche! Gli Yanomami dicono: “Come può un’azienda di gioielli d’oro, contro la quale noi Yanomami ci opponiamo, usare l’immagine degli Yanomami?” & “Chiunque compri un anello d’oro è parte del crimine!”

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Sei tu? Bambino Yanomami che soffre di malnutrizione e avvelenamento da mercurio direttamente collegato all’estrazione dell’oro Pubblicità Cartier https://it.dayfr.com/trends/215674.html Infatti, Alain Dominique Perrin è stato presidente della casa di gioielleria, orologeria e accessori Cartier dal 1975 al 1998. La Fondazione … Continue reading →

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Denmark says sorry for taking Indigenous children in Greenland for 1950s social experiment — Stigmatis

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is seen behind a building with social housings with a mural in Nuuk, Greenland, September 17, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo COPENHAGEN | March 9 2022 Denmark’s prime minister on Wednesday delivered a face-to-face apology to … Continue reading →

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« ¡El uso de la tribu amazónica por parte del comerciante de oro Cartier lleva a los defensores indígenas a alegar hipocresía! » Los Yanomami dicen: « ¿Cómo puede una empresa de joyería de oro, a la que nosotros, los Yanomami, nos oponemos, utilizar la imagen de los Yanomami? » & « ¡Cualquiera que compre un anillo de oro es parte del crimen! »

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

¿Este Eres tu?? Niño Yanomami que sufre de desnutrición e intoxicación por mercurio directamente relacionado con la minería de oro Objetivamente, Alain Dominique Perrin fue presidente de la casa de joyas, relojes y accesorios de oro Cartier de 1975 a … Continue reading →

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