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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.

MEPs discuss FUR FREE EUROPE! — EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Brussels 09.10.2022 European Parliament: a first conversation on “Fur Free Europe”.A clear message of support from MEPs calling for a future without fur, while the ECI “Fur Free Europe” reaches more than 400,000 signatures in less than five months. The … Continue reading →

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Un mensaje a los responsables de la toma de decisiones de la COP27: « La tierra no es del hombre, el hombre pertenece a la tierra. El hombre no ha tejido la telaraña de la vida, es solo un hilo. Todo lo que hace con la red de la vida, él se hace esto a sí mismo. »

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

«¿Les está enseñando a sus hijos lo que nosotros les enseñamos a nuestros hijos? ¿Que la tierra es nuestra madre? Lo que le pasa a la tierra le pasa a todos los hijos de la tierra. Sabemos que la tierra … Continue reading →

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Big Plastic Wants You to Think You Can Recycle Your Yogurt Container — Mother Jones

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys.  3,395 … Continue reading →

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Relatório do WWF aponta crise global de biodiversidade e botos amazônicos são um dos destaques —

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Nova edição do Relatório Planeta Vivo revela uma queda média de 69% nas populações de animais selvagens em todo o mundo, em 4 décadas. Regiões tropicais são as mais afetadas. No Brasil, animais icônicos, como o boto, estão ameaçados Um … Continue reading →

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Uma mensagem para os tomadores de decisão da COP27: « A terra não é do homem, o homem é da terra. O homem não teceu a teia da vida, ele é apenas um fio. O que quer que ele faça com a teia da vida, ele faz isso consigo mesmo. » 

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Você está ensinando a seus filhos o que ensinamos a nossos filhos? Que a terra é nossa mãe? O que acontece com a terra acontece com todos os filhos da terra. Sabemos que a terra não pertence ao homem, o … Continue reading →

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Décodez les pulsions d’achat — Mes Œuvres sur la Toile

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Savez-vous que certains contextes (cadre, états d’âme…) nous font dépenser plus ? Les connaître, c’est déjà une façon de préserver notre portefeuille. Fuir les centres commerciaux : C’est samedi après-midi, et nous sommes à court d’idées pour occuper nos kids ? Alors direction : … Continue reading →

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While keeping the global average temperate rise below 1.5C may not be achieved, “we need to knuckle down as much as we can to prevent every 0.1C rise” — Energy in Demand – Sustainable Energy – Rod Janssen

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

In an article on The Guardian website, Bill McGuire, professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at UCL, argues that the goal of 1.5C by 2030 is arbitrary and now unachievable – yet working to prevent every 0.1C rise can … Continue reading →

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Un message pour les décideurs de la COP27 : «La terre n’appartient pas à l’homme, l’homme appartient à la terre. L’homme n’a pas tissé la toile de la vie, il n’en est qu’un fil. Quoi qu’il fasse à la toile de la vie, il le fait à lui-même.» 

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Enseignez-vous à vos enfants ce que nous avons enseigné à nos enfants ? Que la terre est notre mère ? Ce qui arrive à la terre arrive à tous les fils de la terre. Nous le savons, la terre n’appartient pas … Continue reading →

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Climate tipping points could lock in unstoppable changes to the planet – how close are they? — Geography Directions

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Continued greenhouse gas emissions risk triggering climate tipping points. These are self-sustaining shifts in the climate system that … Continue reading →

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Reclaman 1.200 millones al año para unos bosques a prueba de incendios — Stigmatis

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Las dimensiones y virulencia de los incendios registrados este año en España se deben a la gran carga de combustible acumulada en el medio forestal durante décadas, según Distrito Forestal, que calcula que para defender los bosques […] Reclaman 1.200 millones … Continue reading →

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