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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.

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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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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