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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.

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 precio de este oro es demasiado alto… ¡No podemos permitírnoslo!

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

« ¿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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Cadastro Ambiental Rural facilita grilagem de terras públicas na Amazônia!

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

Neil Palmer/CIAT O Cadastro Ambiental Rural (CAR), principal instrumento de regularização ambiental no Brasil, tem sido usado por grileiros para a reivindicação de terras públicas na Amazônia. Artigo publicado na revista “Land Use Policy” na segunda (2) mostra que 90,5% … Continue reading →

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Highway that will link Brazil to Peru threatens the most biodiverse area of the Amazon – Eng / Port — Wirral In It Together

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

Sérgio Vale / Acre News Agency/ Marcos Pędłowski The project to build a highway in the Serra do Divisor National Park, in the Southwest of Acre, represents a threat to the biodiversity and quality of life of the indigenous population. … Continue reading →

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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 preço deste ouro é muito alto… Não podemos pagar!

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

« 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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Justiça manda mineradora canadense devolver terras de Indígenas compradas para exploração de potássio — Ecoamazônia

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

Mineradora Potássio do Brasil teria coagido indígenas para comprar áreas dentro de território que é reivindicado à Funai desde 2003, no município de Autazes (AM), onde planejam instalar a maior mina de potássio do país Em decisão publicada em 11 … Continue reading →

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How Are Indigenous Peoples Living More Sustainably? — UAlberta Sustain SU – Sustainability Blog

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

“Today, Indigenous peoples know that they must carefully control the influences that could destroy their cultural identity, their future, and the vital resources upon which all life depends.” Why should we care? Indigenous communities in Canada are some of the … Continue reading →

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Toute cette forêt tropicale perdue, tout ce mercure s’infiltrant dans les systèmes d’eau, empoisonnant les peuples autochtones et la faune. Juste pour un peu d’or !Le prix de cet or est beaucoup trop élevé… Nous ne pouvons pas nous le permettre !

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

«Vous ne comprenez pas pourquoi nous voulons protéger notre forêt? Demandez-moi, je vous répondrai! Nos ancêtres ont été créés avec elle au début des temps. Depuis, notre peuple a mangé son gibier et ses fruits. Nous voulons que nos enfants … Continue reading →

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A Natureza é política: a crítica social é insuficiente se não contém uma crítica das relações sociais com a Natureza

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

A crítica social é insuficiente se não contém uma crítica das relações sociais com a natureza. Isso é mostrado por escritos marxistas como a Teoria Crítica, que tentaram superar a suposta oposição entre o ecológico e o social Por Ralf Hutter … Continue reading →

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How Americans’ (and other countries’) love of beef is helping destroy the Amazon rainforest! – Is This You? –Washington Post — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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

the ongoing failure to protect the world’s largest rainforest from rapacious cattle ranching is no longer Brazil’s alone, a Washington Post investigation shows. It is now shared by the United States — and the American consumer. Source: How Americans’ love … Continue reading →

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All that rainforest lost, all that mercury leaching into the water systems, poisoning Indigenous peoples and wildlife. Just for some gold! The price of that gold is far too high… We can’t afford it!

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« You don’t understand why we want to protect our forest? Ask me, I will answer you! Our ancestors were created with it in the beginning of time. Since then, our people have eaten its game and its fruit. We … Continue reading →

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