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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.

Seja meu namorado? – “Se eles estão devastando a Amazônia em busca de ouro, há um mercado comprador. Quem compra este ouro? As grandes marcas e marcas do mundo da moda?” Quem então compra esse ouro como bugigangas? Por favor, certifique-se de que não é você!

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

POR FAVOR, OUÇA A MENSAGEM DO XAMÃ YANOMAMI – O APELO DA FLORESTA! « Ei – olhe para nós!Nós vemos vocêTentamos te mostrarVocê nunca se preocupou em aprender nossa línguaVocê estava sempre olhando para baixoAvisamos desde o inícioA terra está vivaEsta … Continue reading →

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Exxon tenía desde los 70 datos exactos de la amenaza del calentamiento global — Stigmatis

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

Pozo de petroleo de la compañía ExxonMobil. Archivo. EFE/Julian Stratenschulte Redacción Ciencia, 12 ene. 2023 Las proyecciones climáticas comunicadas por los científicos de la multinacional estadounidense ExxonMobil entre 1977 y 2003 eran precisas para pronosticar el posterior calentamiento global, según un … Continue reading →

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How much agri-environment provision is required to reverse farmland bird declines? — The Applied Ecologist

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

Dr Robert Hawkes, RSPB Conservation Scientist, explains the findings of a recently published article. Here, RSPB and BTO scientists, in partnership with Natural England, explore how much bird-friendly agri-environment management is needed to stabilise or reverse farmland bird declines. The … Continue reading →

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Sois ma Valentine ? – “S’ils dévastent l’Amazonie à la recherche d’or, il y a un marché d’acheteurs. Qui achète cet or ? Les grandes marques et marques du monde de la mode ?” Qui achète alors cet or comme bibelots? Assurez-vous que ce n’est pas vous !

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

S’IL VOUS PLAÎT, ÉCOUTEZ LE MESSAGE DU CHAMAN YANOMAMI – LE PLAIDOYER DE LA FORÊT TROPICALE ! « Hey – Regardez nous Nous vous voyons Nous avons essayé de vous montrer Vous n’avez jamais pris la peine d’apprendre notre langue … Continue reading →

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Para salvar a Amazônia , não bastará conter o desmatamento para reverter o estrago causado no governo Bolsonaro!

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

Uma observação dos dias iniciais do governo Lula e das ações da sua ministra do Meio Ambiente, Marina Silva, indica que, ao menos no discurso, o governo federal voltará a agir para conter o desmatamento e a ação desenfreada de … Continue reading →

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Four ways winter heatwaves affect humans and nature — Geography Directions

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

By Vikki Thompson, University of Bristol and Hannah Bloomfield, University of Bristol This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. An extreme winter heatwave meant countries across Europe experienced a record-breaking New … Continue reading →

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Be My Valentine? -“If they are devastating the Amazon in search of gold there is a buyer’s market. Who buys this gold? The big brands and brands in the fashion world?” Who then buys this gold as trinkets? Please make sure it’s not you!

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST! – « Hey – Look at me We see you We tried to show you You never bothered to learn our language You were always looking down … Continue reading →

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Los residuos peligrosos siguen aumentando en la Unión Europea! — Stigmatis

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Bruselas | 16 ene. 2023 Los residuos peligrosos han aumentado en la Unión Europea desde 2004 a pesar de las iniciativas para mejorar su tratamiento, según alertó este lunes el Tribunal de Cuentas de la UE, que recomienda mejorar la … Continue reading →

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La nouvelle tête de Christian Dior : Delphine, la fille du propriétaire de LVMH — Les Actualites — Tiny Life

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pochoir: EZK Le propriétaire milliardaire du groupe de luxe LVMH, Bernard Arnault, a nommé sa fille Delphine à la tête de Christian Dior, a-t-on annoncé mercredi. L’homme de 47 ans sera président et PDG de la marque française à partir … Continue reading →

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Per i regali di San Valentino? – Tutta quella foresta pluviale perduta, tutto quel mercurio che filtra nei sistemi idrici, avvelenando gli Indigeni e la fauna selvatica. Solo per un po’ d’oro! Il vero prezzo di questo oro è troppo alto… Non possiamo permettercelo!

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Non capisci perché vogliamo proteggere la nostra foresta? Chiedimi, ti rispondo! I nostri antenati furono creati con lui all’inizio dei tempi. Da allora, la nostra gente ha mangiato la sua selvaggina ei suoi frutti. Vogliamo che i nostri figli … Continue reading →

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