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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.

Peru lawmakers propose bill to strip “un-contacted” Indigenous people of protections! — Stigmatis

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Photograph: Ronald Reategui/The Guardian Dan Collyns in Peru Proposal to dismantle existing reserves for ‘un-contacted’ Indigenous groups quietly pushed amid ongoing political chaos! Peru’s Indigenous federation Aidesep said the bill ‘would cause genocide’.  23 Dec. 2022 Amid the political chaos following … Continue reading →

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Qu’est-ce que cet homme vend ? – Cartier en a acheté, vous aussi ?

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, alias “Peter Ferrari” Quiconque envisage d’acheter ou de porter de l’or devrait voir l’épisode “Dirty Gold” de l’extraordinaire série d’anthologies documentaires de Netflix, “Dirty Money” ! C’est une version réelle de “Narcos” ! Ferrari était l’un des principaux coupables … Continue reading →

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A hora é agora: Lula terá que decidir sobre Belo Monte — SUMAÚMA

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Está na mesa do novo governo a renovação da licença de operação da hidrelétrica que causou uma crise humanitária e ambiental em uma das regiões mais diversas da maior floresta tropical do planeta. 15 more words A hora é agora: Lula … Continue reading →

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What is the UN High Seas Treaty and why is it needed? — Stigmatis News

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Esme Stallard | Climate and Science Reporter, BBC News After more than a decade of negotiations, the countries of the United Nations have agreed the first ever treaty to protect the world’s oceans that lie outside national boundaries. The … Continue reading →

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What’s this man selling? – Cartier bought some of it, did you, too?

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pedro Pérez Miranda, alias “Peter Ferrari” Anyone who is considering buying or wearing gold should see the “Dirty Gold” episode of Netflix’s extraordinary documentary anthology series, “Dirty Money”! It’s a real life version of “Narcos“! Ferrari was one of the … Continue reading →

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Empresas aproveitam somente um terço da madeira explorada na Amazônia, aponta estudo!

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Juína, MT, Brasil: Toras de madeira extraídas ilegalmente da terra indígena Manoki apreendidas pelo IBAMA. (Foto: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil) A floresta amazônica é uma das principais regiões que produz madeira tropical no mundo. Para fazer o controle da exploração de … Continue reading →

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World risks falling into climate ‘DOOM LOOP’ as ‘phony war’ with crisis ends — Stigmatis News

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research has said the world is heading for a “doom loop” with an author claiming that we are now facing the real consequences of climate change A resident looks on during … Continue reading →

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« Non vogliamo strappare oro e minerali dalla terra né far cadere su di noi i loro fumi epidemici. Vogliamo solo che il cielo sia limpido in modo da poter vedere le stelle dopo il tramonto. »

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Noi gente della foresta abbiamo solo piacere nell’evocazione di uomini generosi. Questo è il motivo per cui possediamo poche cose e ne siamo soddisfatti. Ma i bianchi sono altre persone rispetto a noi. La loro merce non è così preziosa … Continue reading →

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Estudo na Science mostra que ameaças na Amazônia vão muito além do desmatamento!

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Os incêndios florestais contribuem para a degradação das florestas amazônicas de maneira impactante. Crédito da imagem: Serfor-Perú, imagem no domínio público Por: Washington Castilhos [RIO DE JANEIRO]. Mais de um terço da vegetação nativa da Amazônia que ainda não foi desmatada – … Continue reading →

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The transition to lithium battery-powered electric vehicles by 2050 will deepen global environmental and social inequalities linked to mining! — Energy in Demand – Sustainable Energy – Rod Janssen

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Lithium mining By 2050 electric vehicles could require huge amounts of lithium for their batteries, causing damaging expansions of mining. Nina Lakhani discusses the implications in an article on The Guardian website.   Revealed: how US transition to electric cars … Continue reading →

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