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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.

Más de un millón de especies están en peligro y sin protección — Stigmatis

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Visitantes con sus mascotas en el Zoo Mondopark en Guillena, Sevilla por el Día de San Antón. EFE/David Arjona BIODIVERSIDAD ESPECIES | 17 ene. 20223 Cada 17 de enero se celebra el Día de San Antón, patrón de los animales … Continue reading →

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«The gold miners are destroying our rivers, our forest and our children. Our air is no longer pure, our game disappears and our people weep and cry out for clean water. We want to live in peace. We want our Yanomami Territory back.» Please Boycott Gold!

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Is this you? « My grandparents fished to feed the community in this river. Now it’s just sludge, gasoline, diesel and mercury contamination. Fish die and our Yanomami land is dying.  We Yanomami suffer, we don’t have peace. The gold miners … Continue reading →

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Que se passera-t-il si le monde dépasse 1,5°C de réchauffement climatique pour la première fois ? — Les Actualites — Tiny Life

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Limiter le réchauffement climatique à 1,5°C est devenu la mesure déterminante du succès dans la lutte contre le changement climatique, et nous devons réfléchir à la suite… 128 more words Que se passera-t-il si le monde dépasse 1,5°C de réchauffement climatique … Continue reading →

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Desmatamento no Cerrado quase dobrou em dezembro de 2022!

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Desenvolvido pelo IPAM, SAD Cerrado revela avanço na derrubada de vegetação nativa, sobretudo no Tocantins, que devastou cerca de oito vezes mais no mesmo período do ano passado O desmatamento no Cerrado quase dobrou em dezembro de 2022 em comparação … Continue reading →

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Essere il mio Valentino? – “Se stanno devastando l’Amazzonia in cerca di oro, c’è un mercato degli acquirenti. Chi compra questo oro? I grandi marchi e i marchi del mondo della moda?” Chi allora compra quest’oro come gingillo? Per favore assicurati che non sei tu!

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

PER FAVORE, ASCOLTA IL MESSAGGIO DELLO SCIAMANO YANOMAMI – L’APPELLO DELLA FORESTA PLUVIALE! « Ehi, guardaci! Ti vediamo Cerchiamo di mostrartelo Non ti sei mai preso la briga di imparare la nostra lingua Guardavi sempre in basso Ti avvertiamo dall’inizio La … Continue reading →

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Aeronave da FAB realiza Evacuação Aeromédica em terra Yanomami! — Ecoamazônia

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

Esquadrão Harpia (7º/8º GAV) prestou socorro, com o H-60L Black Hawk, a uma mulher gestante com complicações no parto O Sétimo Esquadrão do Oitavo Grupo de Aviação (7º/8º GAV) – Esquadrão Hárpia, sediado na Base Aérea de Manaus (BAMN), realizou nessa … Continue reading →

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La extracción de minerales raros se ha duplicado en los últimos 100 años — Stigmatis

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

Foto de archivo del procesado final del cobre en la Mina de las Cruces del término municipal de Gerena (Sevilla). EFE/José Manuel Vidal Barcelona | 16 ene. 2023 La extracción de minerales raros y escasos se ha duplicado en los … Continue reading →

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¿Ser mi San Valentín? “Si están arrasando la Amazonía en busca de oro hay un mercado de compradores. ¿Quién compra este oro? ¿Las grandes marcas y marcas en el mundo de la moda?” ¿Quién entonces compra este oro como baratijas? ¡Asegúrate de que no eres tú!

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

¡POR FAVOR, ESCUCHA EL MENSAJE DEL CHAMÁN YANOMAMI – ¡EL SÚPLICA DE LA SELVA! « ¡Oye, míranos!Te vemosTratamos de mostrarteNunca te molestaste en aprender nuestro idiomaSiempre estabas mirando hacia abajoTe avisamos desde el principioLa tierra esta vivaEsta tierra no puede … Continue reading →

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A luta de ribeirinhos no Xingu contra a construção da maior mina de ouro a céu aberto do Brasil! — Ecoamazônia

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

A mineradora canadense Belo Sun quer construir uma imensa mina de ouro na região da Volta Grande do Xingu, no Pará; projeto prevê a extração de 74 toneladas de ouro em 20 anos de operação. 42 more words A luta de … Continue reading →

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Attention Old and New Fellow Bloggers: I’m experiencing “WordPress Blockage Blues” !!!

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

In exchanges with Sérgio L. And Eduardo H. (Automattic) I’ve explained for several days now that I am able to log in to my WordPress account and post my own blogs, but each time I click on a star in order … Continue reading →

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