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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.

COP26 – Chiamata all’azione! Abbiamo tutti bisogno di rivedere il nostro rapporto con la natura e rifocalizzare la nostra associazione con il consumismo! 

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Non vedo delega per tutte e quattro le gambe. Non vedo un posto per le aquile. Dimentichiamo e ci consideriamo superiori. Ma dopo tutto, siamo solo una parte della creazione. E dobbiamo tenerne conto per capire a che punto siamo. … Continue reading →

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No Sector of Society Is Moving Fast Enough to Avoid Climate Catastrophe, New Report Warns – EcoWatch —

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

No Sector of Society Is Moving Fast Enough to Avoid Climate Catastrophe, New Report Warns – EcoWatch https://ift.tt/3bCeiSV No Sector of Society Is Moving Fast Enough to Avoid Climate Catastrophe, New Report Warns  EcoWatch Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE No … Continue reading →

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IACHR Hearing on Extractive Industries, Human Rights, and Climate Change in the Caribbean — Repeating Islands

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

On October 26, 2021, at 2:00pm (EST), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a landmark hearing on extractive industries, human rights, and climate change in the Caribbean. See more full description below: The Inter-American Commission on Human … Continue reading →

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COP26 – ¡Llamada a la acción! ¡Todos necesitamos revisar nuestra relación con la naturaleza y re-orientar nuestra asociación con el consumismo! 

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« No veo delegación de cuatro patas. No veo un asiento para las águilas. Nos olvidamos y nos consideramos superiores. Pero, después de todo, somos solo una parte de la creación. Y tenemos que considerar esto para entender dónde estamos. … Continue reading →

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Soja e gado brasileiros são decisivos para o desafio de reduzir o desmatamento no mundo! —

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Relatório aponta que compromissos ambientais precisam alcançar novo patamar para combater o desmatamento que afeta alguns dos principais ecossistemas no mundo • O relatório Deforestation & Conversion Free Supply Chains, do Boston Consulting Group (BCG) e da WWF, indica que entre … Continue reading →

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5 revelaciones del preocupante informe de la ONU sobre cambio climático. (9 AGOSTO 2021) — Andando tras tu encuentro…

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

El mundo despertó este lunes con el anuncio de una “una alerta roja para la humanidad”. El Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC, por sus siglas en inglés) de Naciones Unidas publicó su esperado informe sobre cómo … Continue reading →

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COP26 – Apelo à ação! Todos nós precisamos rever nossa relação com a natureza e reorientar nossa associação com o consumismo! 

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Não vejo delegação para quatro patas. Não vejo um assento para as águias. Esquecemos e nos consideramos superiores. Mas, afinal, somos apenas parte da criação. E temos que considerar isso para entender onde estamos. E estamos parados em algum lugar … Continue reading →

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Australian government sued over global warming by indigenous Torres Strait Islanders ‘on frontline of climate crisis’ — RT World News — THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON…

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Indigenous Torres Strait Islanders have launched a climate change class action against the Australian government over claims it has failed to tackle global warming, risking residents “becoming climate refugees.” Fonte: Australian government sued over global warming by indigenous Torres Strait … Continue reading →

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The Magnitude of the Climate Challenge — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Originally posted on Wibble: With the COP26 climate summit due to kick off in Glasgow on Sunday, here’s a stark warning of what the future holds in store for us all if our global ‘leaders’ fail to come through (as … Continue reading →

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COP26 – Appel à l’action ! Nous devons tous revoir notre rapport à la nature et réorienter notre association avec le consumérisme ! 

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

« Je ne vois pas de délégation pour les quatre pattes. Je ne vois pas de siège pour les aigles. Nous oublions et nous nous considérons supérieurs. Mais nous ne sommes après tout qu’une partie de la création. Et nous … Continue reading →

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