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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.

Uso indiscriminado de agrotóxicos: desafio para o governo Lula –

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A cana-de-açúcar, juntamente com a soja e o milho, são as três principais culturas agroindustriais que mais utilizam agrotóxicos em sua produção. No Brasil, juntos, eles usam 80% de todos os pesticidas aplicados. Crédito da imagem: Andrés Garzón/Flickr , sob licença Creative Commons (CC BY … Continue reading →

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For Valentine’s Day gifts? – All that rainforest lost, all that mercury leaching into the water systems, poisoning Indigenous peoples and wildlife. Just for some gold?! The true price of that gold is far too high… We can’t afford it!

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« You don’t understand why we want to protect our forest? Ask me, I will answer you!  Our ancestors were created with it in the beginning of time. Since then, our people have eaten its game and its fruit. We … Continue reading →

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Chocolate and deforestation — The Green Stars Project

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Chocolate plays a significant role in deforestation, particularly in West Africa. Avoid mainstream chocolate brands and seek out chocolate made from shade-grown cacao. The post Chocolate and deforestation appeared first on The Green Stars Project. Chocolate and deforestation — The Green … Continue reading →

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Reservas con indígenas aislados son las más amenazadas de Amazonía brasileña — Stigmatis

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Imagen de archivo de sombra indígenas. EFE/ Ulises Rodríguez Río de Janeiro | 11 ene. 2023 Las reservas indígenas de la Amazonía brasileña donde se ha registrado la presencia de nativos aislados son las más amenazadas del bioma, según un … Continue reading →

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« L’ORO non è altro che polvere scintillante nel fango … Niente è abbastanza forte per ripristinare il valore della foresta malata … Nessuna merce può comprare tutti gli esseri umani divorati dai fumi epidemici. »

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« I bianchi diffondono i loro fumi epidemici in tutta la foresta … strappando oro e altri minerali dal terreno. Non vogliono rinunciare alla loro frenesia di scavo e il loro pensiero rimane chiuso. A loro interessa solo cucinare questo … Continue reading →

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Povo da Terra Indígena mais desmatada no Brasil se mobiliza contra invasores!

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Foto: Arquivo Pessoal/Alexandre Muller Por Alexandre Muller, especial para o Correio da Cidadania Estamos na aldeia Apyterewa, aldeia mãe da Terra Indígena de mesmo nome, localizada na beira do rio Xingu, no sudoeste do Pará. Em um contexto de invasão … Continue reading →

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Will palm oil watchdog RSPO rid itself of deforestation or continue to pretend its products are sustainable? – EIA — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Palm oil produced through the destruction of forestland is still being sold around the world with the blessing of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).On November 30, 2022 EIA and along with 99 other organisations issued a joint statement calling time … Continue reading →

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« El ORO no es más que polvo brillante en el barro … Nada es lo suficientemente fuerte como para restaurar el valor del bosque enfermo … Ninguna mercancía puede comprar a todos los seres humanos devorados por los humos epidémicos. »

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Los blancos esparcen sus humos epidémicos por todo el bosque … arrancando oro y otros minerales de la tierra. No quieren abandonan su frenesí de excavación y su pensamiento permanece cerrado. Todo lo que les importa es cocinar este … Continue reading →

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Nos seus estertores e com presidente fora do Brasil, governo Bolsonaro libera mais 98 agrotóxicos, totalizando 2.030 em 4 anos!

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Enquanto o presidente cessante Jair Bolsonaro fugia para os EUA, o Ministério da Agricultura mostrava o seu potencial tóxico ao liberar em dois atos (Números 63 e 64) mais 98 agrotóxicos, com os quais se chegou ao impressionante “grande total” … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Diversity is Captured in Minuscule Detail in the 2022 Close-Up Photographer of the Year Competition | Colossal — MARY CALVO

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on msamba: JANUARY 8, 2023. KATE MOTHES Nathan Benstead, “Hemitrichia calyculata,” Young Category Winner. All images © the photographers and Close-Up Photographer of the Year Now in its fourth year, the competition attracted more than 9,000 entries in … Continue reading →

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