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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.

Hola Survival, ¿de qué lado estás? – ¿Del lado de los pueblos Indígenas o de la industria del oro? – ¡Me gustaría señalar que el #5 de su “plan de seis puntos” SÓLO ayuda a la industria del oro!

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Compañía canadiense Guyana Goldfields Inc. – ¡La minería de oro legal está destruyendo bosques y contaminando fuentes de agua en todo el mundo! Guyana Goldfields ha estado desarrollando la mina Aurora en Guyana desde 1996. Es una de las principales … Continue reading →

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Native people are leading the “fastest growing” environmental movement — Darcy Hitchcock

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

What if people didn’t own a forest but the forest owned itself? Listen to this interesting podcast featuring indigenous Rights of Nature leaders Native people are leading the “fastest growing” environmental movement — Darcy Hitchcock

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Yanomami – o direito de existir — Ecoamazônia

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Uma crise humanitária devastou a Terra Indígena Yanomami. A invasão do garimpo – proibido no local – levou doenças, deixou um rastro de desnutrição e provocou a morte de indígenas. 34 more words Yanomami – o direito de existir — Ecoamazônia

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Ei, Survival, de que lado você está? – Do lado dos povos indígenas ou da indústria do ouro? – Gostaria de salientar que o nº 5 do seu “plano de seis pontos” APENAS ajuda a indústria do ouro!

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Empresa canadense Guiana Goldfields Inc. – A mineração legal de ouro está destruindo florestas e contaminando fontes de água em todo o mundo! Guiana Goldfields vem desenvolvendo a mina Aurora na Guiana desde 1996. É uma das principais minas de … Continue reading →

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“La humanidad camina sobre una delgada capa de hielo”: alarmante informe sobre cambio climático — Stigmatis News

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Según la conclusiones del Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático, entre 2030 y 2035 el planeta alcanzará la temperatura +1,5ºC.  Imagen: Alfredo Argento Las lluvias de las últimas horas parecen alejar la última ola de calor que atravesó la Argentina … Continue reading →

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Decolonizing Conservation! — MARY CALVO

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Duke University Press News: TOP FIVE Ashley Dawson and Naomi Paik, editors of Alternatives to the Anthropocene, an issue of Radical History Review (145), share their top five books on decolonizing conservation. 1. The Conservation Revolution: Radical … Continue reading →

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Hé, Survival, de quel côté es-tu ? – Du côté des peuples autochtones ou de l’industrie de l’or ? – J’aimerais souligner que le n° 5 de votre “plan en six points” aide UNIQUEMENT l’industrie de l’or !

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

Barrick Gold Corporation : L’extraction légale de l’or détruit les forêts et contamine les sources d’eau dans le monde ! Une fosse à ciel ouvert à la mine d’or Veladero de Barrick Gold Corp. dans la province argentine de San Juan. La … Continue reading →

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O tempo está fechando: povos isolados correm risco de extinção! — SUMAÚMA

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

Estudo mostra a urgência de a gestão Lula 3 fortalecer o Ministério dos Povos Indígenas e a Funai para que as demarcações avancem e o combate às violações de direitos seja efetivo e salve vidas O tempo está fechando: povos isolados … Continue reading →

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Living with water pollution in Guatemala! — Stigmatis News

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

By Marita Moloney | BBC News The first UN water summit in almost 50 years is taking place this week in New York City, where thousands of delegates will meet to discuss a looming global water crisis caused by overconsumption and overdevelopment. … Continue reading →

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Hey, Survival, Which side are you on? – The side of Indigenous Peoples or the Gold Industry? – I’d like to point out that #5 of your “Six Point Plan” helps ONLY the Gold Industry!

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

Barrick Gold Corporation: Legal gold mining destroys forests and contaminates water sources globally! An open pit at Barrick Gold Corp.’s Veladero gold mine in Argentina’s San Juan province. The mine has estimated reserves of 10 million oz of gold. – … Continue reading →

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