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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.

Florestas tropicais cruciais foram destruídas a uma taxa de 10 campos de futebol por minuto em 2021!

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

Um barco em alta velocidade no rio Jurura, no coração da Floresta Amazônica brasileira, em 15 de março de 2020. A maior porção floresta tropical perdida em 2021 passado foi no Brasil Por Angela Dewan para a CNN (CNN)A área … Continue reading →

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Brazilian Amazon Sees Record Deforestation During First Three Months of 2022! – EcoWatch

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

Brazilian Amazon Sees Record Deforestation During First Three Months of 2022 – EcoWatch https://ift.tt/6dzeEDU Brazilian Amazon Sees Record Deforestation During First Three Months of 2022  EcoWatch Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has already reached a new deforestation record this year  CNN Brazil sets ‘worrying’ … Continue reading →

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Questa settimana gli Yanomami celebreranno il 30° anniversario della demarcazione ufficiale del loro territorio il 25 maggio 1992, ma decine di migliaia di minatori d’oro illegali alleati con bande criminali armate stanno operando impunemente nel loro territorio in questo momento, contaminando i fiumi con il mercurio e intimidendo e danneggiando la comunità!

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« I miei nonni pescavano in questo fiume per sfamare la comunità. Ora è pieno di contaminazione da fanghi, benzina, diesel e mercurio. I pesci stanno morendo e la nostra terra Yanomami sta morendo. Noi Yanomami stiamo soffrendo, non abbiamo pace. … Continue reading →

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– Incontattati. — DISCUTINDO CONTEMPORANEIDADES

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Forse non tutti sanno che sulla terra esistono ancora poche etnie che non hanno mai avuto contatti con la società civilizzata. Esempi di queste tribù… Continua em: INCONTATTATI – Incontattati. — DISCUTINDO CONTEMPORANEIDADES

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La devastación de las reservas Indígenas por la minería crece 205 % con Bolsonaro — Stigmatis

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Río de Janeiro | 18 abr 2022 La deforestación de las reservas indígenas en la Amazonía brasileña por la minería aumentó más de un 205 % durante el Gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro, según datos oficiales analizados por la organización Mapbiomas, … Continue reading →

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Esta semana los Yanomami deben celebrar el 30 aniversario de la demarcación oficial de su territorio el 25 de mayo de 1992, pero decenas de miles de mineros de oro ilegales aliados con bandas criminales armadas operan impunemente en su territorio en estos momentos contaminando ríos con mercurio e intimidando y dañando a la comunidad!

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Mis abuelos pescaban en este río para alimentar a la comunidad. Ahora todo es contaminado por lodos, gasolina, diesel y mercurio. Los peces están muriendo y nuestra tierra Yanomami está muriendo. Los Yanomami estamos sufriendo, no tenemos paz. Los mineros … Continue reading →

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Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited! — Geography Directions

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

By Oliver Phillips, University of Leeds; Aida Cuni Sanchez, University of York, and Renato Lima, Universidade de São Paulo This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Nowhere is nature more vibrant … Continue reading →

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Investigação liga cadeias de fornecimento de frango na Europa a abusos contra povos Indígenas no Mato Grosso

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Campo de soja adjacente à floresta de transição amazônica no estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay Por Laurel Sutherland para o Mongabay Na década de 1950, um grupo de índios Guarani Kaiowá que vivia na comunidade … Continue reading →

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Nesta semana, os Yanomami comemoram 30 anos da demarcação oficial de seu território em 25 de maio de 1992, mas dezenas de milhares de garimpeiros ilegais aliados a quadrilhas criminosas armadas estão operando impunemente em seu território, contaminando rios com mercúrio e intimidando e prejudicando a comunidade!

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

« Meus avós pescavam neste rio para alimentar a comunidade. Agora é tudo contaminação por lodo, gasolina, diesel e mercúrio. Os peixes estão morrendo e nossa terra Yanomami está morrendo. Nós Yanomami estamos sofrendo, não temos paz. Os garimpeiros destroem nossas … Continue reading →

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Report Catalogs Abuse of Native American Children at Former Government Schools – The New York Times — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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

…The initial investigation found that “approximately 19 federal Indian boarding schools accounted for over 500 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian child deaths.” That number is expected to grow, the report said. Beginning in 1869 until the 1960s, hundreds … Continue reading →

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