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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.

Five things we learnt from the IPCC climate impacts report!

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

Five things we learnt from the IPCC climate impacts report: https://ift.tt/Bxs5eWb This latest climate impacts report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) comes at a time when our hearts, minds and newsfeeds are occupied by the victims … Continue reading →

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«I cercatori d’oro stanno distruggendo i nostri fiumi, la nostra foresta e nostri figli. La nostra aria non è più pulita, il nostro gioco sta scomparendo e la nostra gente piange e chiede acqua pulita. Vogliamo vivere, vogliamo riconquistare la nostra pace e il nostro territorio.»

Posted on March 27, 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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Human Rights Risks Loom For Companies Active In Brazil – Forbes — Tiny Life

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

Rivers, fish and people in Indigenous Territories are contaminated by mercury from illegal gold mining! Human Rights Risks Loom For Companies Active In Brazil – Forbes https://ift.tt/X6gowtZ Human Rights Risks Loom For Companies Active In Brazil  Forbes Superforest via “deforestation” – … Continue reading →

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A importância da Economia Ecológica diante da crise ambiental!

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

É fundamental reconhecer o atual esquema produtivo e energético como uma situação de conflito que exige o trabalho de diferentes trincheiras e escalas da atividade econômica e humana ao invés de lutar por uma e apenas uma política ambiental para … Continue reading →

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«Los mineros de oro están destruyendo nuestros ríos, nuestro bosque y nuestros niños. Nuestro aire ya no es limpio, nuestro juego está desapareciendo y nuestra gente llora y llora por agua limpia. Queremos vivir, queremos recuperar nuestra paz y nuestro territorio.»

Posted on March 26, 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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Brazil’s ecosystem of crime in the Amazon (commentary) – Mongabay.com — Tiny Life

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

Gold mining damage to the Amazon Rainforest is visible from space! Brazil’s ecosystem of crime in the Amazon (commentary) – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/pNPVSAs Brazil’s ecosystem of crime in the Amazon (commentary)  Mongabay.com Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/ZwXvEQA Brazil’s ecosystem of crime … Continue reading →

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10 Créatures légendaires de la mythologie amérindienne — Les chroniques de Ludiwine

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

1/ thunderbird L’oiseau-tonnerre (Thunderbird en anglais) est une créature légendaire à la forme d’oiseau, commune aux religions de plusieurs populations amérindiennes d’Amérique du Nord. C’est un concept populaire dans l’art amérindien de la côte nord-ouest de l’Amérique du Nord, qui … Continue reading →

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«Os garimpeiros estão destruindo os nossos rios, nossa floresta e nossas crianças. Nosso ar não é mais puro, nossas caças desapareçam e nosso povo chora e clama por água limpa. Queremos viver, queremos nossa paz de volta e nosso Território.»

Posted on March 25, 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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Guía cero residuos – quito

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

Zero Waste Envolver fruta, carne o pescado en plástico y sobre bandejas de poliestireno que acabarán en la basura es un hábito que está muy extendido, además de ser el origen de enormes montañas de desechos que ensucian el planeta. … Continue reading →

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Bees, trees and seas crises stem from unsustainable food production | TheHill — Tiny Life

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

Bees, trees and seas crises stem from unsustainable food production | TheHill – The Hill https://ift.tt/5QVzafP Bees, trees and seas crises stem from unsustainable food production | TheHill  The Hill Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/X0rHs9d Bees, trees and seas crises … Continue reading →

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