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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.

« Non à l’OR ! – Pas de Cartier ! » Yanomami et Arbres – Mines d’or et objets de luxe en or / Exposition 2022

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Les chamans Yanomami qui combattent l’épidémie de xawara voient l’image de la maladie apparaître sous la forme de bandes de tissu écarlate. L’épidémie de xawara approche et sa fumée est rougeoyante! Elle fait du ciel un fantôme et dévore tous … Continue reading →

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13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fueling a living hell in the Global South. Here are 20 reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People — Palm Oil Detectives

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Fast fashion: o caso do deserto do Atacama,Chile! — Internacional da Amazônia

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Sara Tavares Costa – Acadêmica do 8º semestre de Relações Internacionais da Unama Sendo uma das indústrias que mais cresce anualmente, o fast fashion (moda rápida), tem uma série de problemas socioambientais conhecidos, como o trabalho análogo a escravidão, o … Continue reading →

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« No to GOLD! – Pas de Cartier ! » Yanomami and Trees – Gold Mining and Gold Luxury items / Exhibition 2022

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« The Yanomami shamans who fight the xawara epidemic see the disease’s image appear in the form of strips of scarlet fabric. The xawara epidemic is approaching and its smoke is glowing red! It is making the sky become ghost and is devouring all the … Continue reading →

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Apple removes suppliers over ‘Conflict Minerals’ failures. Since 2009, Apple has directed the removal of 163 smelters and refiners from its supply chain (a total of 85 gold, 50 tin, 19 tungsten, 9 tantalum smelters and refiners)| AppleInsider — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Source: Apple removes 12 suppliers over ‘conflict minerals’ failures | AppleInsider Apple removes 12 suppliers over ‘conflict minerals’ failures | AppleInsider — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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Maior área do mundo com indígenas isolados foi mapeada na Amazônia —

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Anos de intenso trabalho de documentação renderam provas únicas de grupos indígenas isolados desconhecidos e mapearam os limites de seus territórios . A vasta e intocada área de floresta tropical está sob crescente pressão , colocando em risco a sobrevivência dos grupos isolados  Por: Kristin Rødland Buick para a Rainforest Foundation Norway Lima / Oslo, 9 de dezembro de 2021  “As propriedades desta área de floresta tropical contíguas são simplesmente de proporções de património mundial, com culturas … Continue reading →

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La MORTE DELLA NATURA e dei POPOLI INDIGENI per la merce in oro e diamanti e L’ARTE DEL LAVAGGIO VERDE dei COMMERCIANTI D’ORO con le loro stesse parole… 2022

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

In “Utopia” di Thomas More, pubblicato nel 1516, l’oro e le pietre preziose non hanno alcun valore. Anzi, hanno il peso del sangue, della schiavitù e della follia umana … L’arte della manipolazione:Il concetto aziendale di sponsorizzazione artistica è stato … Continue reading →

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How EU double standards worsen deforestation – ThinkScotland

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

How EU double standards help deforestation – ThinkScotland https://ift.tt/a0oyR6S How EU double standards help deforestation  ThinkScotland Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/YGydbEr How EU double standards help deforestation – ThinkScotland —

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Organized crime is a top driver of global deforestation – along with beef, soy, palm oil and wood products — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Jennifer Devine, Texas State University Every year the world loses an estimated 25 million acres (10 million hectares) of forest, an area larger than the state of Indiana. Nearly all of it is in the tropics. Tropical forests store enormous … Continue reading →

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La MUERTE de la NATURALEZA y los PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS por la mercancía de oro y diamantes y el ARTE del LAVADO VERDE por parte de los COMERCIANTES del ORO en sus propias palabras… 2022

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

En la “Utopía” de Thomas More, publicada en 1516, el oro y las piedras preciosas no tienen valor. De hecho, han sido lastradas por la sangre, la esclavitud y la locura humana…. El arte de la manipulación:El concepto corporativo del … Continue reading →

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