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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.

« No queremos arrancar el oro y los minerales de la tierra ni hacer que sus emanaciones epidémicas vuelvan a caer sobre nosotros. Solo queremos que el cielo esté despejado para que podamos ver las estrellas cuando caiga la noche. »

« Nosotros, la gente de la selva, estamos felices de evocar hombres generosos. Por eso tenemos pocas cosas y estamos satisfechos con ellas. Pero los blancos son personas distintas a nosotros. Su mercancía no es tan valiosa como se dice. … Continue reading

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Yanomami pedem água potável e dizem que garimpo ilegal contamina rios! — Ecoamazônia

“A água está doente em toda a Terra Indígena Yanomami”. Assim o líder indígena Júnior Hekurari Yanomami apresenta mais um drama de seu povo: a falta de água potável para consumo pelas comunidades locais, no oeste de Roraima e norte do Amazonas. … Continue reading

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Brighter and Brighter: How Light Pollution Is Erasing the Stars! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Years ago, Christopher Kyba was skeptical about astronomy data collected by citizen scientists—after all, it relies on people making naked-eye assessments of the night sky. 1,134 more words … Continue reading

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« Não queremos arrancar o ouro e os minerais da terra ou fazer com que suas emanações epidêmicas caiam sobre nós. Queremos apenas que o céu esteja claro para que possamos ver as estrelas ao cair da noite. »

« Nós, povos da floresta, temos prazer em evocar homens generosos. É por isso que temos poucas coisas e estamos satisfeitos com elas. Mas os brancos são outras pessoas além de nós. Sua mercadoria não é tão valiosa quanto se diz. … Continue reading

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Etats-Unis : Le peuple Clatsop — Peuples autochtones d’Abya Yala

Publié le 15 Février 2023 Tsin-is-tum (alias Jennie Michelle), De-oso – Clatsop – avant 1905 {Note : De-oso était la veuve du chef Clatsop nommé Katata. On dit qu’elle a été la dernière des 17 épouses de Katata.} image Peuple autochtone … Continue reading

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The Ancients Noted This Clever Whale Behavior 2,000 Years Before Scientists Did! — Mother Jones

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Mysterious whale feeding behavior only documented by scientists in the 2010s has been described in ancient texts about sea creatures as early as two millennia … Continue reading

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« Nous ne voulons pas arracher l’or et les minéraux de la terre ni faire retomber sur nous leurs fumées épidémiques. Nous voulons juste que le ciel soit clair pour que nous puissions voir les étoiles à la tombée de la nuit. »

« Nous, gens de la forêt, n’avons de plaisir qu’à évoquer des hommes généreux. C’est pourquoi nous possédons peu de choses et nous en sommes satisfaits. Mais les Blancs sont d’autres personnes que nous. Leur marchandise n’est pas aussi précieuse … Continue reading

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A natureza é o clima: esquecemos disso por nossa conta e risco! — SUMAÚMA

O desastre em São Paulo nos lembra que devemos fortalecer a floresta amazônica e outros pilares naturais que ‘sustentam o céu’ A natureza é o clima: esquecemos disso por nossa conta e risco — SUMAÚMA

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Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives

Barbara Crane Navarro: In Her Own Words Artist, Writer, Environmental & Indigenous Rights Activist Link Link Amazon Twitter Facebook Bio: Barbara Crane Navarro Barbara Crane Navarro is a French artist, writer, Indigenous and animal activist who lives near Paris. From … Continue reading

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« We do not want to tear gold and minerals out of the earth nor make their epidemic fumes fall back on us. We just want the sky to be clear so that we can see the stars when night falls. »

« We people of the forest only have pleasure in the evocation of generous men. This is why we possess few things, and we are satisfied with that. But the white people are other people than us. Their merchandise is also … Continue reading

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