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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.

What do YOU consider « offensive »? – updated — Barbara Crane Navarro — (via Tiny Life)

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: «? The gold miners dig everywhere like wild pigs. The forest’s rivers will soon be no more than miry backwaters, full of mud, motor oil, and trash.? They also wash their gold powder in … Continue reading →

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Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla Extant (resident): Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela Possibly Extinct: Argentina; Belize; El Salvador; Guatemala; Uruguay Vulnerable The Giant Anteater is at risk from habitat … Continue reading →

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« You don’t understand why we want to protect our forest? Ask me, I will answer you! » — Barbara Crane Navarro — ( via Tiny Life)

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« You don’t understand why we want to protect our forest? Ask me, I will answer you!  Our ancestors were created with it in the beginning of time. Since then, our people have eaten its game and its fruit. We … Continue reading →

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Climate Explained: what would happen if we cut down the Amazon rainforest? — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on September 24, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Gustavo Frazao Sebastian Leuzinger, Auckland University of Technology What would happen if we cut down the entire Amazon rainforest? Could it be replaced by an equal amount of reforestation elsewhere? Removing the entire Amazon rainforest would have myriad consequences, with … Continue reading →

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COLONIALISMO del 21° secolo: implementato da corporazioni e ONG? Di chi è in gioco la sopravvivenza qui, Survival? La sopravvivenza delle foreste pluviali e delle popolazioni Indigene o di Cartier e altri nel settore della gioielleria in oro e diamanti? – Stai pensando di fare una donazione a una ONG? Si prega di leggere prima questo! – aggiornamento Settembre 2023!

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“La follia dell’uomo ha aumentato il valore dell’oro e dell’argento a causa della loro scarsità; mentre la natura, come un genitore amorevole, ci ha donato gratuitamente le cose migliori, come l’aria, la terra e l’acqua, ma ci ha nascosto quelle … Continue reading →

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Cultivo de soja no Brasil avança em áreas de desmatamento recente!

Posted on September 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Estudo elaborado pela plataforma de transparência Trase em parceria com o Imaflora aponta expansão da cultura nos biomas Cerrado, Pampas e Amazônia O cultivo de soja em áreas de desmatamento recente continua avançando em níveis alarmantes no Brasil, afetando de … Continue reading →

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COLONIALISMO del siglo XXI: ¿implementado por corporaciones y ONG? ¿De quién está en juego la supervivencia aquí, Survival? ¿La supervivencia de los bosques tropicales y los pueblos Indígenas o Cartier y otros en la industria de la joyería de oro y diamantes? – ¿Estás pensando en donar a una ONG? ¡Por favor, lea esto primero! – actualización Septiembre 2023

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“La necedad del hombre aumentó el valor del oro y la plata debido a su escasez; mientras que la naturaleza, como padre amoroso, nos dio gratuitamente las mejores cosas, como el aire, la tierra y el agua, pero nos ocultó … Continue reading →

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Documentos mostram que ouro extraído ilegalmente na Amazônia está sendo comprado por grandes corporações!

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Garimpeiro usa uma bacia e mercúrio para encontrar ouro em uma área desmatada da floresta amazônica  no município de Itaituba, estado do Pará   Por Jake Spring para a Reuters  SÃO PAULO (Reuters) – A polícia brasileira alega que uma refinaria … Continue reading →

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COLONIALISMO do século 21 – implementado por corporações e ONGs? Cuja sobrevivência está em jogo aqui, Survival? A sobrevivência das florestas tropicais e dos povos Indígenas ou da Cartier e outros na indústria de joias de ouro e diamantes? – Pensando em doar para uma ONG? Por favor, leia isso primeiro! – atualização Setembro 2023!

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

“A tolice do homem aumentou o valor do ouro e da prata por causa de sua escassez; enquanto a natureza, como um pai amoroso, nos deu gratuitamente as melhores coisas, como ar, terra e água, mas escondeu de nós as … Continue reading →

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Humanity Is Nearing the Brink of 1.5 Degrees Warming, Report Finds! — Mother Jones

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The year the world breaches for the first time the 1.5C global heating limit set by international governments is fast approaching, a new forecast shows. 590 … Continue reading →

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