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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.

« La Magia de la Amazonia » and « Amazon Rainforest Magic » et « La Magie de l’Amazonie » ESPAÑOL – ENGLISH – FRANÇAIS – Libros de aventuras fantásticas para niños – Cuentos de la vida de los Yanomami en la selva amazónica – para edades de 8 a 12

Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy (Volume 1) For more Volume 1 details – in the USA, please click here: https://goo.GL/VmexDS For first volume details in the UK: Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami … Continue reading →

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Denial, Deviation, Deception: The Hoax of Climate Inactivists… — The Human Exploring Society

The global scientific community has long led the world in public health research, environmental sciences, and other issues that impact quality of life. Scientists have produced in-depth studies on the dangers of pesticides, tobacco smoke, acid rain and global warming. … Continue reading →

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‘Don’t look up’ – A piercing commentary on our malfunctioning society — Under a Banyan tree

I wish I didn’t feel so vindicated seeing the recent Netflix movie, ‘Don’t look up’. It would have been a lot better to live in a society that isn’t so accurately portrayed in the film. Critics arguing that civilization is … Continue reading →

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Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives — THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON…

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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A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime – Phys.org —

A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime – Phys.org https://ift.tt/3BqqReB A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime  Phys.org Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE A push to make ‘ecocide’ a global crime – Phys.org —

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Standardisation du vivant : une menace pour l’humanité ! — drdpositif

Des forêts aux cheptels bovins, le vivant tend à être de plus en plus uniformisé, afin de maximiser la rentabilité à court terme. Or, en détruisant une biodiversité autrefois très riche, l’être humain menace la sécurité de son alimentation. Un … Continue reading →

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Barbara Crane Navarro : « L’objectif de mes films, projets d’installation et livres pour enfants est d’attirer l’attention sur la forêt tropicale et les questions autochtones ». — Causes perdues — Tiny Life

Femme Yanomami en train de peindre le visage de sa fille avec de l’achiote Dès 1978, Barbara Crane Navarro vit à Paris et exerce ses talents d’artiste-peintre. Depuis plusieurs décennies, elle crée des œuvres « inspirées par le temps passé … Continue reading →

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Expansion of meat and soy pushes deforestation and threatens the survival of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil! — WebWire

Expansion of meat and soy pushes deforestation and threatens the survival of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil – WebWire https://ift.tt/3GwiWzJ Expansion of meat and soy pushes deforestation and threatens the survival of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil  WebWire Superforest via “deforestation” – Google … Continue reading →

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O que esperar de 2022 na área ambiental no Brasil — Ecoamazônia

O ano de 2021 foi muito difícil para nosso país, em vários aspectos. Não só pela pandemia da covid-19, mas, principalmente, pela forte degradação econômica, social e política que estamos vivenciando. Na área ambiental, observamos a degradação crescente e acelerada … Continue reading →

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Barbara Crane Navarro: Artist & Activist In Her Own Words — Palm Oil Detectives — Tiny Life

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 at Rhode Island School of Design, then she went on to study at the … Continue reading →

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