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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.

Changing the Material World — Something to Ponder About

If you were challenged to produce only one wheelie bin full of non-recyclable plastic refuse per month, when a busy beachside café in my region, operating seven days a week can, and does, could you do it? It requires planning, … Continue reading →

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Plastic crisis needs binding treaty, report says — Stigmatis

Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says there’s a cascade of evidence of harm from plastics. It argues that the plastic pollution threat … Continue reading →

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A MORTE DA NATUREZA e POVOS INDÍGENAS por Mercadorias de Ouro e Diamantes e A ARTE DE LAVAGEM VERDE pelos COMERCIANTES DE OURO em suas próprias palavras… 2022

Na “Utopia” de Thomas More, publicada em 1516, ouro e pedras preciosas não têm valor. Na verdade, eles têm o peso do sangue, da escravidão e da loucura humana … A Arte da Manipulação: O conceito corporativo de patrocínio artístico … Continue reading →

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Você compra ouro? Você está se enfeitando com ouro? … « A floresta está sangrando, eu posso sentir no meu coração. » POR FAVOR, BOICOTE O OURO! — Barbara Crane Navarro — Tiny Life

«Os garimpeiros derramam mais mercúrio envenenado na terra do que o peso de ouro que levam embora. Eles são como mortos-vivos, cobertos de lama dourada.» A mineração de ouro e o uso indiscriminado de mercúrio para encontrar ouro transforma partes … Continue reading →

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Desmatamento na Amazônia brasileira bate novo recorde em janeiro —

Incêndio ilegal na floresta amazônica, no estado de Mato Grosso, em 11 de agosto de 2020 afp_tickers (AFP) O desmatamento na Amazônia brasileira atingiu um novo recorde para janeiro já nas três primeiras semanas do ano, segundo dados oficiais divulgados nesta quarta-feira … Continue reading →

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La MORT de la NATURE et des PEUPLES AUTOCHTONES pour les marchandises d’or et de diamants et L’ART de l’éco-blanchiment par les MARCHANDS d’OR dans leurs propres mots… 2022

Dans «Utopia» de Thomas More, publié en 1516, l’or et les pierres précieuses n’ont aucune valeur. En effet, ils ont le poids du sang, de l’esclavage et de la folie humaine… L’art de la manipulation :         … Continue reading →

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Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives — THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON… — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Barbara Crane Navarro: In Her Own Words Artist, Writer, Environmental & Indigenous Rights Activist Bio: Barbara Crane Navarro Barbara Crane Navarro is a French artist, writer, Indigenous and animal activist who lives near Paris. From 1968 to 1973 she studied … Continue reading →

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NON à la “Journée mondiale du Nutella”! S’il vous plaît, boycottez Nutella et TOUS les autres produits contenant de l’HUILE DE PALME – cancérigène et destructrice de la forêt tropicale ! — La Page @Mélie — Tiny Life

RÉPONSE À LA PUB NUTELLA : NON, L’HUILE DE PALME DURABLE N’EXISTE PAS Les Journées Mondiales contribuent généralement à mettre en avant les grandes causes… Peut-on en conclure que la pâte à tartiner mise à l’honneur en est une ? … Continue reading →

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The DEATH of NATURE and INDIGENOUS PEOPLES for Gold and Diamond Merchandise and The ART of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD – in their own words… 2022

In Thomas More’s “Utopia,” published in 1516, gold and precious stones have no value. Indeed, they carry the weight of blood, slavery and human madness… In the decades-long continuity of greenwashing the gold jewelry, watches and accessories company that created … Continue reading →

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The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is turning public land private, clearing the way for deforestation – The Conversation

The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is turning public land private, clearing the way for deforestation – The Conversation AU https://ift.tt/Aur4hSK The great Amazon land grab – how Brazil’s government is turning public land private, clearing the … Continue reading →

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