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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.

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil – changing the soy industry could stop it — Palm Oil Detectives

Angela Guerrero, Stockholm University and Malika Virah-Sawmy, Humboldt University of Berlin Soy may have a pretty innocuous reputation thanks to its association with vegan food and meat alternatives. But don’t be fooled – crops of this pale legume are behind … Continue reading →

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DON’T BUY GOLD — For all Amazonian tribes, the forest is the most precious asset. – THE PRODIGY OF IDEAS. — Tiny Life

For all Amazonian tribes, the forest is the most precious asset. For all Amazonian tribes, the forest is their home and their life. But whites don’t see a forest, they only see gold. They seek it, they want it at … Continue reading →

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La Terra non è una merce e siamo Tutti parte della Natura – aggiornato

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Intervista | Lo scrittore e leader indigeno crede che la Terra sia un organismo vivente e che, se l’umanità continua al ritmo predatorio con cui vive, entrerà nella lista delle specie in via di…

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Ailton Krenak é o entrevistado do Roda Viva da segunda-feira (19) — Portal Factótum Cultural

Com apresentação de Vera Magalhães, edição traz sabatina com o ambientalista; programa vai ao ar às 22h, na TV Cultura, redes sociais e site da emissora O ambientalista e escritor Ailton Krenak é o entrevistado do Roda Viva da próxima segunda-feira (19). Considerado uma … Continue reading →

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Indigenous Leadership in Preservation of Biodiversity: The Case of Brazil’s Amazon — Open Americas

Image: Flickr By Maggie Wang This article was originally published here on Human Rights Pulse on April 21, 2021. “If I become President, there will not be another centimeter of indigenous land [demarcated].” This statement and statements like it—including several … Continue reading →

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La Tierra no es una mercancía y todos somos parte de la Naturaleza. – actualizado

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Entrevista | El escritor y líder indígena Ailton Krenak cree que la Tierra es un organismo vivo y que, si la humanidad continúa al ritmo depredador que vive, entrará en la lista de especies…

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Ailton Krenak é destacado com o troféu Juca Pato — C a f é M a c h a d o

O escritor Ailton Krenak em foto de O Globo O líder indígena e escritor Ailton Krenak foi o vencedor do 62o Troféu Juca Pato, da União Brasileira de Escritores (UBE). A premiação, segundo o noticiário, destacou a publicação de “Ideias … Continue reading →

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Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic —

Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon – The London Economic https://ift.tt/3A0nfPL Post-Brexit South America trade deal could trigger further deforestation in the Amazon  The London Economic Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Post-Brexit South America … Continue reading →

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A Terra não é uma mercadoria e todos nós somos parte da Natureza – atualizado

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Entrevista | O escritor e líder indígena acredita que a Terra é um organismo vivo e que, se a humanidade continuar no ritmo predatório que vive, entrará na lista de espécies em extinção. https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/a-krenak-2.jpg…

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Discurso de Ailton Krenak na Assembléia Constituinte — Portal Factótum Cultural

Trecho do documentário Índio Cidadão editado para explanar a fala de Ailton Krenak sobre o seu discurso na Assembleia Constituinte e a repercussão do mesmo. Discurso de Ailton Krenak na Assembléia Constituinte — Portal Factótum Cultural

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