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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.

Mortalidade infantil Yanomami é 10 vezes maior que a do país — Ecoamazônia

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Desnutrição devido à falta de recursos naturais é uma das causas A taxa de mortalidade de bebês no primeiro ano de vida na população Yanomami atingiu 114,3 a cada mil nascimentos em 2020. 36 more words Mortalidade infantil Yanomami é 10 … Continue reading →

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Ecologistas denuncian una cacería de más de 400 animales en un solo día en España — MARY CALVO

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Stigmatis: https://dai.ly/x87iphm Unos 70 cazadores acudieron el pasado fin de semana a una batida en la finca Los Posteruelos, en Villaviciosa de Córdoba, a una jornada en la que se llegaron a abatir 447 piezas, según consta … Continue reading →

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Yanomami! Alberi! E l’artista Jaider Esbell? Un’altra parodia dell’ « arte » del greenwashing dei MERCANTI D’ORO – con le loro stesse parole…

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

 Jaider Esbell (1979-2021) « Lettera al Vecchio MondoGenocidio Indigeno del BrasileLa violenza è un ciclo lungo. Gli antichi ordini continuano a risuonare e ora sono arrivati ​​nelle ultime foreste vergini del mondo.L’ordine? Sterminare! » Jaider Esbell ha affermato: « Come popoli Indigeni, … Continue reading →

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Na Amazônia, Mato Grosso e Pará lideram em pistas de pouso clandestinas, aponta estudo — Ecoamazônia

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

MANAUS – Os Estados do Pará e Mato Grosso são os recordistas em pistas de pouso clandestinas entre os nove Estados que compõem a Amazônia Legal, aponta estudo do MapBiomas. 43 more words Na Amazônia, Mato Grosso e Pará lideram em … Continue reading →

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Lithium: Europe joins the white gold rush • FRANCE 24 English — msamba

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Lithium has become a vital component for the batteries that power electric cars. But with neither mines nor refineries on its soil, can Europe break its dependence on foreign imports? The Down to Earth team takes a closer look. #lithium … Continue reading →

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¡Yanomami! ¡Árboles! ¿Y el artista Jaider Esbell? Otra parodia del “arte” del lavado verde de los COMERCIANTES de ORO – en sus propias palabras…

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

 Jaider Esbell (1979-2021) « Carta al Viejo MundoGenocidio indígena de BrasilLa violencia es un ciclo largo. Las antiguas órdenes siguen resonando y ahora han llegado a las últimas selvas vírgenes del mundo.¿El orden? ¡Exterminar! » Jaider Esbell dijo: « Como pueblos Indígenas, … Continue reading →

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Operação do governo destrói avião e trator do garimpo em área Yanomami — Ecoamazônia

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O objetivo é inviabilizar chegada de suprimentos aos garimpeiros O governo federal iniciou nesta semana ações para retirada do garimpo ilegal da Terra Indígena Yanomami, em Roraima. 43 more words Operação do governo destrói avião e trator do garimpo em área … Continue reading →

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Portraits of Indigenous People From All Around the World | My Modern Met — msamba

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Jessica Stewart on February 10, 2023 “Young Kayapó (Mebêngôkre) girl at a protest in Brasília. Every year, in April, thousands of Brazilian indigenous people travel many kilometers from territories across the country to gather at the Free Land Camp … Continue reading →

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Yanomami! Árvores! E o artista Jaider Esbell? Outra paródia da « arte » do lavagem verde dos COMERCIANTES de OURO – nas suas próprias palavras…

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

 Jaider Esbell (1979-2021) Jaider Esbell disse: « Como povos indígenas, já emergimos de um processo histórico apocalíptico. » « Carta ao Velho Mundo » faz parte de uma narrativa visual que denuncia os horrores que os povos indígenas sofreram e ainda sofrem no … Continue reading →

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Identifican 27 nuevas amenazas que aceleran el cambio climático — Stigmatis News

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Redacción Ciencia.- Una colaboración internacional de científicos ha identificado 27 bucles de retroalimentación climática, es decir, factores que desencadenan procesos que intensifican el calentamiento global y agravan las consecuencias del cambio climático. El bucle de retroalimentación incendios forestales-cambio climático. Chris … Continue reading →

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