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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.

Will palm oil watchdog RSPO rid itself of deforestation or continue to pretend its products are sustainable? – EIA — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Palm oil produced through the destruction of forestland is still being sold around the world with the blessing of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).On November 30, 2022 EIA and along with 99 other organisations issued a joint statement calling time … Continue reading →

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Le vrai coût de vos bijoux : les cartels blanchissent l’argent de la drogue en vendant l’or de sang à Cartier et à d’autres dans l’industrie du luxe, ainsi que dans les magasins d’or discount, et les Yanomami et autres peuples Indigènes en paient le prix !

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

L’or illégal est le moyen le plus lucratif pour les cartels de la drogue, les groupes terroristes, les trafiquants d’armes, la mafia, les banquiers sans scrupules ainsi que les négociants et les courtiers internationaux en or de blanchir de l’argent … Continue reading →

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Crime organizado e extrativismo na América Latina!

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Por Raúl Zibechi para o “La Jornada” O crime organizado, a delinquência paraestatal e o narcotráfico, são as formas assumidas pela acumulação por espoliação/extrativismo na zona do não-ser, ou seja nos territórios dos povos originários, negros e camponeses da América Latina. … Continue reading →

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Amazon Palm: Global brands continue to source palm oil from Amazon destroyers Agropalma & BBF! Boycott Palm Oil! — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Major international brands sourcing palm oil from Brazilian plantations linked to violence, torture and land fraud. Global supermarket brands Ferrero, ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Danone, Ferrero, Hershey’s, Kellogg, Mondelez, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever and many others source palm oil from Agropalma and … Continue reading →

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13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People! — Palm Oil Detectives

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

Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fueling a living hell in the Global South. Here are 13 reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People — Palm Oil Detectives

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The true cost of your jewelry: Cartels launder drug money selling BLOOD GOLD to Cartier and others in the luxury industry as well as to discount gold shops. The Yanomami and other Indigenous people pay the price!

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

Illegal gold is the most lucrative way for drug cartels, terrorist groups, arms traffickers, the mafia, unscrupulous bankers as well as international gold traders and brokers to launder money because, contrary to cocaine, gold that’s “legal” looks exactly like illegal … Continue reading →

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Custodians of Knowledge: 5 Reasons Indigenous Peoples Hold the Key to Our Planet’s Future (Global Citizen) — Uma (in)certa antropologia

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

Original article Indigenous communities protect more than 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 2 of the Global Goals, Indigenous voices are crucial to ensuring that a future free of famine is created by 2030. … Continue reading →

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COLONIALISMO del 21° secolo: implementato da corporazioni e ONG? Di chi è in gioco la sopravvivenza qui, Survival? La sopravvivenza delle foreste pluviali e delle popolazioni Indigene o di Cartier e altri nel settore della gioielleria in oro e diamanti? – Stai pensando di fare una donazione a una ONG? Si prega di leggere prima questo! – aggiornamento 2023

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

“La follia dell’uomo ha aumentato il valore dell’oro e dell’argento a causa della loro scarsità; mentre la natura, come un genitore amorevole, ci ha donato gratuitamente le cose migliori, come l’aria, la terra e l’acqua, ma ci ha nascosto quelle … Continue reading →

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Governo Bolsonaro foi informado em 2020 sobre destruição de comunidade Yanomami por garimpeiros — SUMAÚMA

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

Documento enviado ao Ministério da Saúde denunciava o impacto da mineração na região de Kayanaú: álcool, cocaína e malária. Nenhuma ação efetiva foi tomada Governo Bolsonaro foi informado em 2020 sobre destruição de comunidade Yanomami por garimpeiros — SUMAÚMA

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The Yanomami people lived in harmony with nature. Invaders turned their lives into a fight for survival — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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

By Tara John and Rodrigo Pedroso, CNN New York (CNN) | Shaman Davi Kopenawa Yanomami furrowed his brow as he stared out at the skyscrapers and … The Yanomami people lived in harmony with nature. Invaders turned their lives into a fight … Continue reading →

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