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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.

El “Marco de Tiempo” – ¿Genocidio para los pueblos Indígenas y ecocidio para la selva amazónica?

Una vez más, la Corte Suprema de Brasil pospuso indefinidamente el juicio en el que los jueces decidirán si el plazo para la demarcación de las tierras Indígenas ancestrales se fijará en la fecha de entrada en vigor de la … Continue reading →

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Response to Global Energy Crisis So Far? A Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuel ‘Gold Rush’: Analysis — InterMedia Press

Progressives have been urging governments to embark on an accelerated global clean energy transition since Russia’s late-February invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing Western sanctions unleashed chaos in energy markets around the world, but policymakers have opted instead to expand fossil fuel infrastructure. That’s … Continue reading →

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EL BLANQUEO DE ORO DE LA AMAZONÍA EN REFINERÍAS DE SUIZA — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

De Brasil llega la noticia que los pueblos indígenas siguen sufriendo los impactos de la fiebre del oro en la Amazonia de ese país. 681 more words EL BLANQUEO DE ORO DE LA AMAZONÍA EN REFINERÍAS DE SUIZA — Observatorio de … Continue reading →

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O « Marco Temporal » – Genocídio para povos Indígenas e ecocídio para a floresta amazônica?

Mais uma vez, o Supremo Tribunal Federal adiou indefinidamente o julgamento em que os juízes decidirão se o prazo para a demarcação das terras ancestrais Indígenas será fixado na data de entrada em vigor da Constituição brasileira, 5 de outubro … Continue reading →

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LETTER: “A City of Gold – ElDorado” – Gold Mining in Guyana – By Eusi Kwayana — FRELUSJA.COM – By Eusi Kwayana

LETTER TO THE EDITOR –   By Eusi Kwayana Unlike Financial Representatives (MP’s) , A.R.F. Webber and Joseph Eleazer, and other members of the Popular Party  of British Guiana in 1920’s, the present government is very ready to hand over … Continue reading →

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LA MINERÍA INFORMAL E ILEGAL DE HOY DÍA — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

José De Echave C. 07/06/2022 magen: Proactivo Hasta hace muy poco, hablar de minería informal e ilegal era casi sinónimo de hablar de minería aurífera en zonas como Madre de Dios, Puno, la sierra de La Libertad y el sur … Continue reading →

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Le « Cadre Temporel » – Génocide pour les peuples autochtones et écocide pour la forêt amazonienne ?

Une fois de plus, la Cour Suprême du Brésil a reporté indéfiniment le procès dans lequel les juges décideront si le cadre temporel pour la démarcation des terres autochtones ancestrales sera fixé à la date d’entrée en vigueur de la … Continue reading →

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Pegada de mineração ilegal aumenta quase 500% dentro dos territórios Indígenas do Brasil!

Por Laís Modelli para o Mongabay A área ocupada pelo garimpo  cresceu 495% em Terras Indígenas e 301% em unidades de conservação no Brasil entre 2010 a 2020, de acordo com levantamento da rede de pesquisadores MapBiomas publicado na semana passada. “São … Continue reading →

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Entrevista ao jornal “Terceira Via” sobre o avanço da destruição na Mata Atlântica!

Pesquisador da Uenf considera graves os últimos anos para a Mata Atlântica em Campos e região.  “O Parque Estadual do Desengano sofre com ações ilegais, seja por caça ilegal ou por desmatamentos”, diz Marcos Pedlowski Por Ocinei Trindade para o … Continue reading →

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The «Time Frame » Trick – Genocide for Indigenous peoples and Ecocide for the Amazon Rainforest?

Once again, the Supreme Court of Brazil has postponed indefinitely the court case in which the Justices will decide whether the Temporal Framework for the demarcation of ancestral Indigenous lands will be fixed at the date the Brazilian Constitution came … Continue reading →

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