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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.

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

 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

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

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…

 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

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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Researchers find direct links between deforestation and reduced dietary quality! — Palm Oil Detectives

Forested areas can help communities that rely on wild foods to diversify their diets and meet their nutritional needs, according to researchers who found direct links between deforestation and reduced fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Tanzania. Read more via … Continue reading →

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Yanomami ! Arbres! Et l’artiste Jaider Esbell ? Une autre parodie « d’art » de l’écoblanchiment par les MARCHANDS d’OR – selon leurs propres mots…

Jaider Esbell (1979-2021) « Lettre à l’Ancien MondeGénocide Indigène Brésil La violence est un long cycle. Les ordres anciens continuent de résonner et sont maintenant arrivés dans les dernières forêts vierges du monde. L’ordre? Exterminer! » Jaider Esbell a déclaré : « … Continue reading →

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O governo Lula precisa lidar com os crimes de Belo Monte — SUMAÚMA – Jornalismo do Centro do Mundo

Cientistas da Amazônia alertam para a mitigação urgente dos impactos socioambientais na Volta Grande do Xingu e pedem tratamento digno às famílias atingidas pela hidrelétrica O governo Lula precisa lidar com os crimes de Belo Monte — SUMAÚMA – Jornalismo do … Continue reading →

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Michael Soulé: The consequences of crisis conservation — Conservation Sense and Nonsense

Recently published Beloved Beasts is a collection of brief biographies of major figures in conservation, starting with Carl Linnaeus, the creator of the system of classifying plant and animal species in the 18th Century that is still used today.  I … Continue reading →

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Yanomami! Trees! And the artivist Jaider Esbell? Another « art » travesty of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD – in their own words…

Jaider Esbell (1979-2021) « Letter to the Old World Genocide Indigenous Brazil  Violence is a long cycle. Ancient orders continue to echo and have now arrived in the world’s last virgin forests.  The order? Exterminate! » Jaider Esbell said: « As Indigenous people, … Continue reading →

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