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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.

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!

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

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

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!

« 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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Revealed: Exxon Made “Breathtakingly” Accurate Climate Predictions in 1970’s and 80’s! — Mother Jones

Destroying Nature, drop by drop… This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in … Continue reading →

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who is barbara? crane? navarro? — utahan15

“who is barbara crane? navarro? and why does nothing but another same screen appear when i try to visit her sight that is names not the same would you wanna be jezebel or benedict judas or herod fuck no hey … Continue reading →

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¿Para los regalos de San Valentín? – Toda esa selva tropical perdida, todo ese mercurio que se filtra en los sistemas de agua, envenenando a los pueblos indígenas y la vida silvestre. ¡Solo por un poco de oro! ¡El verdadero precio de este oro es demasiado alto! ¡No podemos permitírnoslo!

« ¿No entiendes por qué queremos proteger nuestro bosque? ¡Pregúntame, te responderé! Nuestros antepasados fueron creados con él al principio de los tiempos. Desde entonces, nuestra gente se ha comido su caza y sus frutos. Queremos que nuestros hijos crezcan riendo … Continue reading →

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Fit for Life (Part 2): Protecting nature — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

The western worldview is that humans are separate from nature. The indigenous perspective is the opposite, that we are connected to everything. … Fit for Life (Part 2): Protecting nature Fit for Life (Part 2): Protecting nature — Ned Hamson’s Second … Continue reading →

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Sacs à main chics à l’aube : la lutte de succession fait rage pour le géant du luxe LVMH | Bernard Arnault — Les Actualites — Tiny Life

Pochoir: EZK La marche du luxe s’est accélérée la semaine dernière lorsque Bernard Arnault, co-fondateur, président-directeur général de LVMH – alias “le loup en cachemire” et homme le plus riche du monde – a remis à sa fille Delphine les … Continue reading →

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Para presentes de dia dos namorados? – Toda aquela floresta tropical perdida, todo aquele mercúrio se infiltrando nos sistemas de água, envenenando os povos indígenas e a vida selvagem. Só por um pouco de ouro! O verdadeiro preço deste ouro é muito alto demais! Não podemos pagar!

« Você não entende por que queremos proteger nossa floresta? Me pergunte, eu vou te responder! Nossos ancestrais foram criados com ele no início dos tempos. Desde então, nosso povo comeu sua caça e seus frutos. Queremos que nossos filhos cresçam … Continue reading →

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