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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.

Descoberto o ‘mito de origem’ dos 8 mil metros cúbicos por segundo que destroem a Volta Grande do Xingu — SUMAÚMA

Graças ao pedido de impugnação do seminário que discutiu o sequestro da água pela usina de Belo Monte, os pesquisadores descobriram que a vazão que está causando uma catástrofe humanitária e ambiental na Amazônia foi definida a partir de um … Continue reading

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Scientists Deliver “Final Warning” on Climate: Act Now or It’s Too Late! — Mother Jones

his story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that … Continue reading

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NO all’oro nel sangue! – Un messaggio per Davi Kopenawa, Claudia Andujar, Bruce Albert e Survival – con un avvertimento del cacique Raoni Metuktire:

Quando il capo Raoni Metuktire è venuto a parlare a Parigi, ha chiesto agli europei di smettere di mangiare carne per proteggere i popoli dello Xingu dalla distruzione del loro territorio da parte dell’agro-industria. Allo stesso modo, tutti voi, parlando … Continue reading

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Uma oportunidade para Lula e para o PT! — SUMAÚMA

Como um gigantesco bumerangue de aço e concreto, Belo Monte volta à mesa do novo governo Uma oportunidade para Lula e para o PT — SUMAÚMA

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Cattle, not coca, drive deforestation of the Amazon in Colombia! – report — Stigmatis News

Authorities have blamed the growing of coca – the base ingredient of cocaine – for clearcutting, but a recent study shows otherwise Luke Taylor in Bogotá | Deforestation Cattle-ranching, not cocaine, has driven the destruction of the Colombian Amazon over the … Continue reading

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¡NO al oro de sangre! – Un mensaje para Davi Kopenawa, Claudia Andujar, Bruce Albert y Survival – con una advertencia del cacique Raoni Metuktire:

Barrick Gold Corporation: La minería de oro legal destruye los bosques y contamina las fuentes de agua Cuando el jefe Raoni Metuktire vino a hablar en París, pidió a los europeos que dejaran de comer carne para proteger a los … Continue reading

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Desmatamento do Cerrado sobe 88% na Bahia e no Piauí!

Municípios do Oeste baiano e Piauí lideram os registros de derrubadas no mês passado. No bioma como um todo houve queda de 16% na comparação entre janeiro de 2022 O desmatamento do Cerrado nos estados da Bahia e do Piauí … Continue reading

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Stop Saving (Only) Cute Animals! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The biodiversity crisis is a math problem. Unlike most math problems, however, this is one where getting hung up on the precise numbers can lead you … Continue reading

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NÃO ao ouro de sangue ! – Uma mensagem para Davi Kopenawa, Claudia Andujar, Bruce Albert e Survival – com um aviso do cacique Raoni Metuktire:

Quando o cacique Raoni Metuktire veio falar em Paris, pediu aos europeus que parassem de comer carne para proteger os povos do Xingu da destruição de seu território pelo agronegócio. Na mesma linha, todos vocês, falando em nome dos Yanomami, … Continue reading

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La deforestación de la Amazonía brasileña marca histórico en febrero — Stigmatis News

Río de Janeiro.- La deforestación en la Amazonía brasileña se disparó en febrero un 61,8 % frente al mismo período de 2022 e incluso desde antes de terminar el mes ya era la más alta para el período desde que … Continue reading

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