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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.

Stai pensando di fare una donazione a una ONG? Si prega di leggere prima questo! COLONIALISMO del 21° secolo: implementato da corporazioni e ONG? Di chi è in gioco la sopravvivenza qui, Survival? La sopravvivenza delle foreste pluviali e delle popolazioni Indigene o di Cartier e altri nel settore della gioielleria in oro e diamanti?

“La follia dell’uomo ha aumentato il valore dell’oro e dell’argento a causa della loro scarsità; mentre la natura, come un genitore amorevole, ci ha donato gratuitamente le cose migliori, come l’aria, la terra e l’acqua, ma ci ha nascosto quelle … Continue reading

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Após estímulo do atual governo e das Forças Armadas à destruição da Amazônia, Brasil deve investir na sociobiodiversidade da floresta!

Agência de Notícias do Acre / Flickr Há uma visão dominante entre membros do atual governo de que a Amazônia precisa ser ocupada, de forma rápida e através de atividades agropecuárias e extrativistas, para garantir a soberania do território brasileiro. … Continue reading

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UN Secretary General: We are on a highway to climate hell! — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Originally posted on Darcy Hitchcock: It’s easy to get distracted with elections, the war in Ukraine, etc. But the UN Secretary General pulls no punches when we opens the climate talks in Egypt. He calls on advanced economies to double … Continue reading

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¿Estás pensando en donar a una ONG? ¡Por favor, lea esto primero! COLONIALISMO del siglo XXI: ¿implementado por corporaciones y ONG? ¿De quién está en juego la supervivencia aquí, Survival? ¿La supervivencia de los bosques tropicales y los pueblos Indígenas o Cartier y otros en la industria de la joyería de oro y diamantes?

“La necedad del hombre aumentó el valor del oro y la plata debido a su escasez; mientras que la naturaleza, como padre amoroso, nos dio gratuitamente las mejores cosas, como el aire, la tierra y el agua, pero nos ocultó … Continue reading

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Chove veneno: estudo mostra que agrotóxicos cancerígenos são lançados por avião nas regiões canavieiras de São Paulo!

Químicos associados ao câncer foram lançados de avião sobre os pólos da cana-de-açúcar no estado de São Paulo.  Substâncias potencialmente cancerígenas foram encontradas em 12 produtos. Em Barretos, câncer aumentou 63% em homens e 28% em mulheres  Por Hélen Freitas, … Continue reading

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COP27: Fears of compromise on key 1.5C global temperature issue — Stigmatis

Protests took place at COP27 against the slow state of progress By Matt McGrath | Environment correspondent | 14 Nov. 2022 A key target to stop climate change raising global temperatures is under threat at a UN summit. Climate change … Continue reading

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Pensando em doar para uma ONG? Por favor, leia isso primeiro! COLONIALISMO do século 21 – implementado por corporações e ONGs? Cuja sobrevivência está em jogo aqui, Survival? A sobrevivência das florestas tropicais e dos povos Indígenas ou da Cartier e outros na indústria de joias de ouro e diamantes?

“A tolice do homem aumentou o valor do ouro e da prata por causa de sua escassez; enquanto a natureza, como um pai amoroso, nos deu gratuitamente as melhores coisas, como ar, terra e água, mas escondeu de nós as … Continue reading

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El cambio climático también se cobra víctimas en silencio — Stigmatis

UNSPLASH Carles Grau Sivera | Sharm el Sheij (Egipto), 13 nov. 2022 Enfermedades, virus o lesiones físicas son algunos de los impactos directos que tiene el cambio climático sobre millones de personas, pero el calentamiento global también tiene una forma … Continue reading

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Do you know your richest neighbor and invader? & The British have invaded almost every country on earth! — Lara Trace Hentz

Originally posted on Lara Trace Hentz: Movoto The wealthiest American in every state (that 1% we keep hearing about) The geography of wealth inequality doesn’t get much attention. But it’s stark. There are about 450 billionaires with American citizenship — … Continue reading

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Vous envisagez de faire un don à une ONG ? Veuillez d’abord lire ceci ! COLONIALISME du 21e siècle – mis en œuvre par les corporations et les ONG ? De qui est en jeu la survie ici, Survival ? La survie des forêts tropicales et des peuples Indigènes ou de Cartier et d’autres dans l’industrie de la joaillerie en or et diamants ?

“La folie de l’homme a augmenté la valeur de l’or et de l’argent à cause de leur rareté; tandis que la nature, comme un parent aimable, nous a donné libremente les meilleures choses, comme l’air, la terre et l’eau, mais … Continue reading

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