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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.

Aerial photos show devastation of controversial gold rush in Brazil | TheHill – The Hill —

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Aerial photos show devastation of controversial gold rush in Brazil | TheHill – The Hill https://ift.tt/3oYuXFO Aerial photos show devastation of controversial gold rush in Brazil | TheHill  The Hill Superforest via “deforestation” – Google News https://ift.tt/2Pik6Fi Aerial photos show devastation of … Continue reading →

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« The GOLD Smoke of Epidemics – The gold prospectors became very many in our forest, destroying the river’s headwaters and killing us with their diseases »

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

photo: “Yanomami: shamanic transformation” – Barbara Crane Navarro « The gold prospectors became very many in our forest highlands, destroying the river’s headwaters and killing their inhabitants with their diseases. The gold miners are earth-eaters, evil beings! Their thought is empty … Continue reading →

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Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate (Peru): Review no 150 — Reading and Watching the World: Books, Film and Art

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

A call for action to curb the ill-use of both people and the natural world in Peru. Wars of the Interior by Joseph Zárate (Peru): Review no 150 — Reading and Watching the World: Books, Film and Art

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MPF quer impedimento do comércio de ouro ilegal para proteger indígenas e consumidores no Brasil e no exterior — Ecoamazônia

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Direitos são violados pela omissão de órgãos estatais em controlar origem do ouro, e pelo silêncio dos distribuidores e exportadores O Ministério Público Federal (MPF) enviou recomendação nesta terça-feira (8) a órgãos públicos e instituições privadas para que sejam tomadas … Continue reading →

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The Ongoing Loss of Natural Spaces, Including Forests, Has Become a ‘Systemic Risk’ for Global Economy — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Over the past decade, 26 per cent of global tree cover loss was caused by the production of just seven agricultural commodities – cattle, oil palm, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee and wood fibre – said the State of Financing for Nature report. … Continue reading →

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« Amore per le Merci: il Valore che i *bianchi danno all’Oro che desiderano così tanto »

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a5-ghost-shaman.jpg foto: Yanomami: trasformazione sciamanica – Barbara Crane Navarro «?Oggi non sono rimasti molti grandi sciamani nella nostra foresta. Il fumo dorato delle epidemie lo svuotò quasi completamente. I nostri genitori e nonni non…

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Justiça ordena retorno de forças federais a região onde indígenas Munduruku estão sob ataque de garimpeiros — Ecoamazônia

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Decisão deu prazo de 24h para que seja garantida a segurança pública na área. A Justiça Federal deu prazo de 24 horas para que o governo federal promova o retorno das forças federais para o município de Jacareacanga, no sudoeste … Continue reading →

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Exército apoia combate a garimpo ilegal e auxílio a comunidades indígenas em RR — Ecoamazônia

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Boa Vista (RR) – Entre os dias 12 de maio e 4 de junho, a 1ª Brigada de Infantaria de Selva do Exército, por meio do 1º Batalhão de Infantaria de Selva e do Comando de Fronteira Roraima/7º Batalhão de … Continue reading →

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Assista a “Lideranças indígenas são intimadas pela PF” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

…. continuando na esteira do cúmulo do ridículo… Quem deveria estar sendo intimado, continua tranquilamente agindo nas mais profundas trevas. Fora Genocida ! imagens do Pinterest Assista a “Lideranças indígenas são intimadas pela PF” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

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« El Amor por la Mercancías: el Valor que los *blancos dan al Oro que tanto desean »

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a4-shaman-1.jpg foto: Yanomami: transformación chamánica – Barbara Crane Navarro « Hoy, no quedan muchos grandes chamanes en nuestro bosque. El humo dorado de las epidemias la ha vaciado casi por completo. Nuestros padres y…

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