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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.

More Yanomami & Trees! And the artivist Jaider Esbell? – MORE ART of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD – in their own words… Another Cartier “art” travesty!?

« Letter to the Old World Genocide Indigenous Brazil  Violence is a long cycle. Ancient orders continue to echo and have now arrived in the world’s last virgin forests.  The order? Exterminate! » Jaider Esbell said: « As Indigenous people, we have already … Continue reading

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Yanomami: Massacre de Haximu completa 30 anos em agosto — Ecoamazônia

Chacina de yanomami teve primeira condenação por genocídio no país Na manhã de 23 de julho de 1993, um grupo de garimpeiros entrou na aldeia yanomami de Haximu, na fronteira da Venezuela com o Brasil, e assassinou 12 indígenas. 27 … 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!

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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Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases Do Not Discriminate, But People Do! — Mother Jones

This piece was published originally by Capital & Main. Not only does every good story begin with a question, but the first questions journalists are most likely to ask are often the same, and they start with one of two letters, a “W” … 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!

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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Destinação de terras públicas é essencial para acabar com desmatamento na Amazônia!

IPAM inicia novo ciclo do Amazoniar sobre soluções para o desmatamento com diálogo sobre florestas públicas não destinadas Vista área de área de desmatamento na Amazônia O desmatamento em terras públicas é um dos grandes desafios da Amazônia: de acordo … Continue reading

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A Terra e os povos Indígenas estão morrendo por nossa obsessão pelo ouro! Por favor, Escolha o direito à vida sobre os lucros do ouro e vaidade!

foto: Barrick Gold Corporation O ouro é uma relíquia colonial que devemos reconhecer com urgência como essencialmente sem valor – desmatamento, poluição e impactos catastróficos na água, na vida selvagem e nas comunidades indígenas são principalmente para joias e produtos … Continue reading

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This Deal Could Save the Colorado River—if California Doesn’t Blow It Up! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After months of tense negotiation, a half-dozen states have reached an agreement to drastically cut their water usage and stabilize the drought-stricken Colorado River—as long as … Continue reading

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La Terre et les peuples autochtones meurent pour notre obsession de l’or ! S’il vous plaît, Choisissez le droit à la vie plutôt que les profits sur l’or et la vanité ! 

photo : Barrick Gold Corporation L’or est une relique coloniale que nous devons de toute urgence reconnaître comme essentiellement sans valeur – la déforestation, la pollution et les impacts catastrophiques sur l’eau, la faune et les communautés autochtones sont principalement … Continue reading

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Performance as activism from Tbilisi to Berlin — JANE Magazine

Andro Dadiani, untitled, photograph by avadrist, 2021 Tbilisi, Georgia. This article was originally published in JANE Magazine, Australia, Issue 11, October 2022. PDF of the full article available on request. Andro Dadiani and Monika Dorniak are two contemporary performance artists … Continue reading

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