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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.

‘It’s going to happen again’: Fears wet markets could lead to another deadly disease — spiritandanimal.wordpress.com

Nigeria:  Undercover investigation by UK television shows that wet markets operate as normal; and that this is another Covid pandemic waiting to happen. Disturbing footage, as are all wet markets that involve live animals. https://www.itv.com/news/2021-03-16/its-going-to-happen-again-fears-wet-markets-could-lead-to-another-deadly-disease THANK YOU, VENUS AND SERBIAN … 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

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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Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas — Palm Oil Detectives

The enigmatic blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti – local name “Paujil”), endemic to the tropical humid forests of northern Colombia, is the cracid species most threatened with extinction in the wild from #deforestation Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas — Palm Oil Detectives

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Tristes tropiques : les Nambikwara du Mato Grosso — DR livres et publications

“Le monde a commencé sans l’homme et il s’achèvera sans lui.” Cette phrase est tirée de “Tristes Tropiques” (1955) de Claude Lévi-Strauss, anthropologue et ethnologue. Mais l’acculturation des autochtones et la déforestation n’étaient pas encore aussi fortes à son époque … Continue reading →

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Todos los vivos son interdependientes: una entrevista con la artista Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

Barbara Crane Navarro es una artista, autora y activista francesa que actualmente vive cerca de París. Durante 12 años, pasó los meses de invierno con el pueblo Yanomami en Venezuela y Brasil, una experiencia que inspiró su práctica artística y … Continue reading →

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The Counterpunch: The easy consumer solutions that fight animal extinction and deforestation — Palm Oil Detectives

Although the world is highly complex, every person can make a difference. That previous sentence almost sounds like a cliche right? Really it’s not. If every person on the planet made a few simple lifestyle changes, it would result in … Continue reading →

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No Time or Forest to Lose — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Human Wrongs Watch By Gaby Flores | Greenpeace International* Illegal deforestation in the Gran Chaco forest region continues. A Greenpeace Argentina team conducted an overflight last week and discovered unlawful deforestation in the Chaco province of Argentina.  Flyover deforested land in Chaco … Continue reading →

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Tout le monde vivant est interdépendant: une question & réponse avec l’artiste Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas

Barbara Crane Navarro est une artiste, auteur et activiste française qui vit actuellement près de Paris. Pendant 12 ans, elle a passé les mois d’hiver avec le peuple Yanomami au Venezuela et au Brésil, une expérience qui a inspiré sa … Continue reading →

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Brands Using Deforestation Palm Oil in their Products — Palm Oil Detectives

These brands have products that contain palm oil sourced from mills that are responsible for the destruction of precious habitats of endangered species. Just in 2020 alone, these brands (along with many others) contributed to the destruction of 38,000ha of … Continue reading →

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Gran Chaco deforestation is an overlooked carbon bomb – Diálogo Chino —

Gran Chaco deforestation is an overlooked carbon bomb – Diálogo Chino https://ift.tt/3kppl7x Gran Chaco deforestation is an overlooked carbon bomb  Diálogo Chino Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2tI2HiE Gran Chaco deforestation is an overlooked carbon bomb – Diálogo Chino —

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