Author Archives: Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Unknown's avatar

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.

EU faces legal action after including gas and nuclear in ‘green’ investments guide! — Stigmatis News

European Commission accused of acting unlawfully in two separate cases bought by environment groups Jennifer Rankin in Brussels The European Commission is being sued by environmental campaigners over a decision to include gas and nuclear in an EU guide to “green” investments. Greenpeace … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

TOUTES LES MINES D’OR SONT UNE SCÈNE DE CRIME ! L’extraction légale et illégale d’OR sont à la fois destructrice !

VEUILLEZ NOUS REJOINDRE POUR 2 SEMAINES DE PLUS D’ACTION MONDIALE CONTRE BARRICK GOLD ! En solidarité avec les communautés touchées par L’EXPLOITATION LÉGALE de L’OR de BARRICK GOLD ! En solidarité avec les communautés touchées par BARRICK GOLD Corporation ! Dans le rapport … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Mineradora britânica extrai ouro sem consentimento indígena! — SUMAÚMA

Serabi Gold começou a explorar uma mina de ouro na Amazônia antes de concluir um processo de anuência das comunidades indígenas e sem a aprovação do Incra, que destinou o terreno para o assentamento sustentável Terra Nossa Mineradora britânica extrai ouro … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

2022 Was a Particularly Deadly Year for Land and Environmental Activists! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In February of 2022, Colombian human rights activists Teófilo Acuña and Jorge Tafur  445 more words 2022 Was a Particularly Deadly Year for Land and Environmental … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

ALL GOLD MINES ARE A CRIME SCENE! Legal and Illegal GOLD Mining are both Destructive!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR 2 MORE WEEKS OF GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST BARRICK GOLD! In Solidarity with communities affected by BARRICK’s LEGAL GOLD MINING In Solidarity with communities affected by BARRICK GOLD Corporation! In Barrick Gold’s 2021 Human Rights Report, President … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments

Como a aliança entre o agro-negócio e o Congresso atua para garantir o retrocesso na legislação socioambiental do Brasil! — SUMAÚMA

Autor do livro ‘Formação Política do Agronegócio’, o antropólogo Caio Pompeia explica como o Instituto Pensar Agropecuária multiplicou a influência do setor ao articular associações de fazendeiros a corporações empresariais, ampliando o poder da bancada ruralista no Congresso para interferir … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Salvaging the Sacred from Climate Disaster! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The floodwaters rose swiftly and silently inside Nicole Norris’s family home and other residences of the Halalt First Nation on Vancouver Island when a … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Unisciti a noi per altre due settimane di azione contro Barrick Gold! – fino a domenica 30 aprile 2023 – Al fianco delle comunità colpite dall’estrazione dell’oro “legale” in tutto il mondo!

Barrick Gold Corporation Vai a uccidere per l’oro! Mentre Barrick Gold si prepara per l’AGM del 2 maggio, mi unisco alle comunità in prima linea nella loro settimana di azione! Le comunità di tutto il mondo agiranno per mostrare come … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

O que é a Amazônia pra você? — Ecoamazônia

O que é a Amazônia para você? Essa é a pergunta que deu origem a uma iniciativa que une tecnologia e ativismo jovem para mostrar a Amazônia de quem vive “dentro”: o território real e não contado. 28 more words O … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments

A Massive Arctic Drilling Project Is Moving Forward Despite Biden’s Campaign Promises! — Mother Jones

President Joe Biden is facing the inevitable political fallout from his approval of the Willow Project this week, after a federal judge declined to halt construction on ConocoPhillips’ $8 billion oil drilling venture in the western Arctic. 1,268 more words A Massive Arctic … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments