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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.

COLONIALISMO del siglo XXI: ¿implementado por corporaciones y ONG? ¿De quién está en juego la supervivencia aquí, Survival? ¿La supervivencia de los bosques tropicales y los pueblos Indígenas o Cartier y otros en la industria de la joyería de oro y diamantes? – ¿Estás pensando en donar a una ONG? ¡Por favor, lea esto primero! – actualización 2023

“La necedad del hombre aumentó el valor del oro y la plata debido a su escasez; mientras que la naturaleza, como padre amoroso, nos dio gratuitamente las mejores cosas, como el aire, la tierra y el agua, pero nos ocultó … Continue reading

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Genocídio Yanamami: resultado do uso da floresta amazônica como um campo de concentração a céu aberto —

Quando visitei a Universidade de Helsinki logo após a eleição de Jair Bolsonaro para presidir o Brasil entre 2019-2022 disse aos presentes que a minha maior preocupação era com o destino dos povos indígenas que viviam na Amazônia, pois estes … Continue reading

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Guyana & Petroleum — Organikos

Recent view of Kaiteur Falls from a small plane Yesterday’s link to the story about Greenland‘s approach to carefully harnessing the economic power of tourism made me think today about a recent visit to Guyana that Amie and I made. … Continue reading

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COLONIALISMO do século 21 – implementado por corporações e ONGs? Cuja sobrevivência está em jogo aqui, Survival? A sobrevivência das florestas tropicais e dos povos Indígenas ou da Cartier e outros na indústria de joias de ouro e diamantes? – Pensando em doar para uma ONG? Por favor, leia isso primeiro! – atualização 2023

“A tolice do homem aumentou o valor do ouro e da prata por causa de sua escassez; enquanto a natureza, como um pai amoroso, nos deu gratuitamente as melhores coisas, como ar, terra e água, mas escondeu de nós as … Continue reading

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Suriname oro e mercurio — Latinoamericando

Nel 2002, il centro storico della capitale del Suriname, Paramaribo, fu dichiarato Patrimonio dell’Umanità da parte dell’Unesco, principalmente in ragione della fusione tra l’architettura olandese e le tecniche e l’uso dei materiali locali. 1,441 more words Suriname oro e mercurio — … Continue reading

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23 de Febrero Día del Compromiso Internacional del Control del Mercurio — MC Noticias SLP — mimismo

Cada 23 de febrero se celebra el Día del Compromiso Internacional del Control del Mercurio, una fecha creada con la finalidad de dar a conocer las consecuencias negativas del comercio del mercurio en todo el mundo, así como del tratado … Continue reading

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COLONIALISME du 21e siècle – mis en œuvre par les corporations et les ONG ? De qui est en jeu la survie ici, Survival ? La survie des forêts tropicales et des peuples Indigènes ou de Cartier et d’autres dans l’industrie de la joaillerie en or et diamants ? – Si vous envisagez de faire un don à une ONG, veuillez d’abord lire ceci ! – mise à jour 2023

“La folie de l’homme a augmenté la valeur de l’or et de l’argent à cause de leur rareté; tandis que la nature, comme un parent aimable, nous a donné libremente les meilleures choses, comme l’air, la terre et l’eau, mais … Continue reading

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Ianomâmi: la tragedia dentro la tragedia — Latinoamericando

di Aldo Rebelo Da secoli gli indigeni rappresentano la parte della popolazione brasiliana più abbandonata, tanto dalla società come dalle istituzioni statali, in particolare nelle remote regioni di frontiera nel nord del Paese, esattamente dove vivono gli Ianomâmi. 684 more words … Continue reading

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The Nuxalk Nation’s totem pole was stolen and sold to a museum. After waiting 110 years, they finally have it back — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

A totem pole removed from an Indigenous burial site more than a century ago and kept on display in a Canadian museum has been repatriated to the … The Nuxalk Nation’s totem pole was stolen and sold to a museum. … Continue reading

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21st Century COLONIALISM – implemented by Corporations and NGOs? Whose Survival is at stake here, Survival? The survival of the rainforests and Indigenous peoples or of Cartier and others in the gold and diamond jewelry industry? – If you plan to donate to an NGO, please read this first! – update 2023

“Man’s folly hath enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas nature, like a kind parent, hath freely given us the best things, such as air, earth, and water, but hath hidden from us those which … Continue reading

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