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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.

A Devastating Burning Season for the Brazilian Amazon! — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Human Wrongs Watch By Luciana Téllez Chávez, Researcher, Environment and Human Rights | Human Rights Watch* Illegal Deforestation Linked to Violence, Loss of Livelihoods for Communities. Fire consumes land deforested by cattle farmers ranchers near Novo Progresso, Para Pará State, … Continue reading →

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Animales, las víctimas “invisibles” de los incendios forestales — Stigmatis

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Incendios forestales | Por Ana Tuñas Matilla | 31 Ago. 2022 Cuantificar los animales que mueren en un incendio es una tarea para la que no existe metodología en España, aunque sí que se sabe que los […] Animales, las víctimas … Continue reading →

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« L’activisme environnemental est ce que nous faisons déjà, c’est notre mode de vie. Nous sommes l’environnement !»

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Parce que les quatre dernières années de la politique violente anti-indigène de Bolsonaro et de l’accélération du pillage de la nature ont été si dévastatrices, Sonia Guajajara, à la tête de l’ONG APIB, l’articulation des peuples indigènes du Brésil, se … Continue reading →

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‘This land belonged to us’: Nestlé supply chain linked to disputed Indigenous territory — Stigmatis

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Village elder Xinuxi Mỹky: ‘This pasture, where the whites live, was also our village, but now they are raising cattle.’ Photograph: Typju Mỹky Investigation reveals cattle raised on Mỹky territory ended up in global supply chain including food giant Animals farmed … Continue reading →

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Prisão do “Rei do Ouro” revela amplo esquema envolvido no garimpo ilegal na Amazônia!

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Presidente da Associação Nacional do Ouro e dono de empresas no setor, Dirceu Frederico Sobrinho foi preso pela Polícia Federal na operação Aerogold, que investiga exploração ilegal por balsa e dragas nos rios da Amazônia Por Daniel Camargos e Huyry … Continue reading →

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« Environmental activism is what we already do, it is our way of life. We are the environment! »

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Because the past four years of Bolsonaro’s violent anti-Indigenous policies and accelerating plundering of Nature have been so devastating, Sonia Guajajara, head the NGO APIB, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, is running for Congress. Brazilian elections are on … Continue reading →

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Relator da ONU pede proibição do comércio de mercúrio e uso em mineração de ouro — Ecoamazônia

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Em comunicado, Marcos Orellana afirma que na maior parte do mundo, onde mercúrio ainda é usado, mineiros e suas famílias vivem em pobreza abjeta; risco de contaminação é crescente. 44 more words Relator da ONU pede proibição do comércio de mercúrio … Continue reading →

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Los árboles milenarios de la Amazonía piden auxilio — Stigmatis

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Puerto Maldonado (Perú) 20 Sep. 2022 En plena amazonía peruana yace la inmensa copa verde y las gigantescas raíces arrancadas de un “shihuahuaco” milenario, pero falta el tronco. La escena […] Los árboles milenarios de la Amazonía piden auxilio — Stigmatis

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L’UNESCO sbianca di verde il marchio di lusso LVMH? – “Riserve della biosfera: mobilitarsi contro la deforestazione in Amazzonia. L’UNESCO ha stretto una partnership con LVMH, il gruppo dei beni di lusso, per affrontare i fattori diretti e indiretti della deforestazione nella regione amazzonica ». ???

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Secondo l’UNESCO: “L’UNESCO ha collaborato con LVMH, il gruppo dei beni di lusso, per affrontare i fattori diretti e indiretti della deforestazione nella regione amazzonica.Basato su approcci partecipativi che combinano conoscenze scientifiche, locali e indigene, il programma sarà monitorato da … Continue reading →

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Bolsonaro promove garimpo em terras indígenas e “delega” mineração empresarial ao MDB, aponta dossiê —

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Quarto relatório da série Dossiê Bolsonaro mostra que áreas invadidas nas terras Munduruku e Yanomami triplicaram desde 2019, enquanto o presidente criou resoluções para facilitar o garimpo; no Congresso, bolsonaristas financiados pela mineração tentam legalizar extração criminosa em reservas e … Continue reading →

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