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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.

The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water Fast! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world is facing an imminent  985 more words The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water Fast — Mother Jones

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NON à l’or de sang ! – Un message pour Davi Kopenawa, Claudia Andujar, Bruce Albert et Survival – avec un avertissement du cacique Raoni Metuktire:

Barrick Gold Corporation : L’extraction légale de l’or détruit les forêts et contamine les sources d’eau Lorsque le cacique Raoni Metuktire est venu prendre la parole à Paris, il a demandé aux Européens d’arrêter de manger de la viande afin … Continue reading

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Prefeito garimpeiro convoca a população a resistir — SUMAÚMA

Itaituba é um exemplo de duas realidades paralelas na Amazônia: a da atual ofensiva do governo federal contra o garimpo e o cotidiano das prefeituras e parlamentos municipais dominados por mineradores, madeireiros, grileiros e comerciantes que vivem à custa das … Continue reading

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The Dishonest Accounting of Net-Zero Emissions! — Mother Jones

This piece was published originally by Capital & Main. What the hell is “net zero” anyway? “Zero” is an elegant word, the last word in a descending line down a scale from something to nothing. 943 more words The Dishonest Accounting of Net-Zero … Continue reading

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NO BLOOD GOLD ! – A message for Davi Kopenawa, Claudia Andujar, Bruce Albert and Survival – with an admonition from cacique Raoni Metuktire:

When the cacique Raoni Metuktire came to Paris to speak, he asked that Europeans stop eating meat in order to protect the peoples of the Xingu from the destruction of their territory by the agro-industry. Along the same line of … Continue reading

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Somos Amazônia: saberes, desafios e visão de futuro dos povos da floresta!

Jogos Mundiais dos Povos Indígenas Por André Baniwa, Gasodá Paiter Suruí, Beka Munduruku e Nadino Calapucha Para os povos originários da Amazônia existe uma relação indissociável entre a criação do mundo e da humanidade. Tal relação fundamenta toda explicação dos … Continue reading

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Indigenous children suffer most from illegal gold miners’ Amazon invasion! — Stigmatis News

The influx of heavily armed gangs, now being tackled by President Lula, has had a catastrophic effect on infant health By Tom Phillips in Boa Vista The severely malnourished Yanomami baby girl is about eight months old but weighs just 2.75kg (6lbs) … Continue reading

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Il prezzo dell’oro!

In concomitanza con gli Academy Awards 2023 a Hollywood, è stata lanciata una campagna creativa e originale guidata da Júnior Hekurari Yanomami per aumentare la consapevolezza globale del vero costo dei danni causati dall’estrazione dell’oro alle comunità indigene Yanomami. Di … Continue reading

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O Porto do Açu como eterna miragem! —

O jornal Terceira Via traz hoje uma matéria assinada pelo competente Ocinei Trindade cujo mote é apresentar o Porto do Açu como uma espécie de Eldorado para empresas localizadas em Campos dos Goytacazes. Pelo que pude notar nas diferentes falas … Continue reading

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Willow Project: US government approves Alaska oil and gas development — Stigmatis News

By Sam Cabral | BBC News, Washington US President Joe Biden has approved a major oil and gas drilling project in Alaska that faced strong opposition from environmental activists. Activists called for the Willow project to be halted over its … Continue reading

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