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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.

PIDEN LA CLAUSURA DE AGUA RICA — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

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

05/05/2021 Comunicado de la Asamblea El Algarrobo y Resolución del Ministerio Público Fiscal en relación con el emprendimiento minero Agua Rica del 22 de abril de 2021. 488 more words PIDEN LA CLAUSURA DE AGUA RICA — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros … Continue reading →

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Endangered Primeval Forests – Deforestation in the Amazon continues at a record level – News – The Weston Forum —

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Endangered Primeval Forests – Deforestation in the Amazon continues at a record level – News – The Weston Forum https://ift.tt/3fUAcna Endangered Primeval Forests – Deforestation in the Amazon continues at a record level – News  The Weston Forum Superforest via “deforestation” … Continue reading →

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Indigenous people denounce Chinese oil giant’s extractions in Peru’s Amazon Forest · Global Voices — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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Source: Indigenous people denounce Chinese oil giant’s extractions in Peru’s Amazon Forest · Global Voices Indigenous people denounce Chinese oil giant’s extractions in Peru’s Amazon Forest · Global Voices — Ned Hamson’s Second Line View of the News

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« O Amor pelas Mercadorias – o Valor que os *brancos dão ao Ouro que tanto desejam »

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7-epena-5_640-1-1.jpg foto: Yanomami: transformação xamânica – Barbara Crane Navarro «?Hoje, não existem muitos grandes xamãs restantes em nossa floresta. A fumaça dourada das epidemias a esvaziou quase completamente. Nossos pais e avós não confiavam…

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Jair Bolsonaro reinaugura ponte de madeira de 18 m, e acena para o vazio em uma típica encenação bolsonarista – Enquanto os Yanomami tentam, sozinhos, expulsar os garimpeiros ilegais que atuam no seu território no Amazonas, Bolsonaro inaugura uma ponte que facilita a chegada de garimpeiros à região. — Mágica Mistura✨

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Em meio à escalada da violência de garimpeiros contra comunidades indígenas,  O PRESIDENTE Jair Bolsonaro (sem partido) saiu de Brasília, viajou cerca de 2.800 km para reinaugurar a ponte Rodrigo e Cibele entre o município de São Gabriel da Cachoeira e … Continue reading →

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Projeto que autoriza garimpo em terra indígena e dificulta demarcação é meta bolsonarista na Câmara — Ecoamazônia

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Texto seria votado nesta quarta-feira na CCJ presidida pela bolsonarista Bia Kicis, mas foi retirado da pauta após pressão contrária no Congresso e nas redes sociais. 48 more words Projeto que autoriza garimpo em terra indígena e dificulta demarcação é meta … Continue reading →

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« L’Amour de la Marchandise – La Valeur que les *Blancs donnent à l’Or qu’ils convoitent tant »

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a2-shaman.jpg photo: Yanomami: transformation chamanique – Barbara Crane Navarro «?Aujourd’hui, il ne reste plus beaucoup de grands chamans dans notre forêt. La fumée d’or des épidémies l’a presque complètement vidée. Nos pères et nos…

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Amazonas: prorrogan intervención de FFAA en apoyo a Policía en lucha contra minería ilegal — Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Acciones se ejecutan en distrito de El Cenepa, provincia de Condorcanqui ANDINA/Difusión 02/06/2021 El Gobierno prorrógo la intervención de las Fuerzas Armadas en apoyo a la Policía Nacional en la lucha contra la minería ilegal en el distrito de El … Continue reading →

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EVERY DAY SHOULD BE THE DAY OF THE ENVIRONMENT! 5 JUNIO – DÍA MUNDIAL DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE — Idiomas RalFer

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Several excellent films in English and español ¡Hola, amigos y amigas! El 5 de junio se celebra le Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente (Wikipedia). Por este motivo, con este vídeo (05/06/2020) quisiera lanzar un mensaje de esperanza y hacer un … Continue reading →

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May deforestation in the Amazon hits 14-year high, with 4 days of data still to process – Mongabay.com —

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May deforestation in the Amazon hits 14-year high, with 4 days of data still to process – Mongabay.com https://ift.tt/3pyedG1 May deforestation in the Amazon hits 14-year high, with 4 days of data still to process  Mongabay.com Brazil’s Amazon deforestation reaches record … Continue reading →

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