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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.

Assista a “Epidemia de fake news ameaça vacinação em terras indígenas” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Prefiro nem comentar. GENOCIDA imagens do Pinterest Assista a “Epidemia de fake news ameaça vacinação em terras indígenas” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura

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“Lorsque vous abattez les arbres, vous attaquez les esprits de nos ancêtres. Lorsque vous creusez pour trouver des minéraux, vous empalez le cœur de la Terre…”

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/37720084-9122275-image-a-23_1610023782344-724×1024-1-1.jpg Photo: Ricardo Stuckert «?Série ?Indiens brésiliens?» “Lorsque vous abattez les arbres, vous attaquez les esprits de nos ancêtres. Lorsque vous creusez pour trouver des minéraux, vous empalez le cœur de la Terre. Et…

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Gardons à l’esprit la puissance des arbres… 🦉 — JEREMIKARUS

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Toujours garder en tête la puissance d’un arbre. L’idée que « ça n’est pas une question de taille » semble assez bien répandue 😊😅. Il est ici encore intéressant de le rappeler.  Petits ou grands, il suffit d’observer les arbres en se … Continue reading →

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Palm oil plantations are bad for wildlife great and small: study — Palm Oil Detectives

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Palm oil plantations have an overall negative impact on biodiversity, according to research released this week. The study, published in Nature Communications, found palm oil plantations are home to fewer insect species than even intensive rubber tree plantations. A forests … Continue reading →

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Desmatamento recorde na Amazônia: 2021 teve pior abril da série histórica, mostra Inpe —

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

O desmatamento na Amazônia atingiu em abril o pior índice para o mês já registrado na série histórica desde 2015, segundo dados do Instituto de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe). Os alertas abrangeram uma área de 580,55 km², equivalente a 58 mil … Continue reading →

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Did You Know Nature Is One of Humanity’s Best Defences for Adapting to Climate Change? — HUMAN WRONGS WATCH

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

Human Wrongs Watch New fund leverages nature to adapt to climate change UNEP / Duncan Moore / 25 Mar 2021 (UNEP)* — Did you know nature is one of humanity’s best defences for adapting to climate change? A new funding … Continue reading →

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Siga o índio… — Mágica Mistura✨

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

A partir de que ponto, Quando tomaremos ciência… Que é sem retorno, Que não tem volta? Procurar outros planetas, outros mundos… Seria cômico,se não fosse trágico… 142 more words Siga o índio… — Mágica Mistura✨

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Assista a “Conheça o trabalho da ativista Mayalú Txucarramãe, neta do cacique Raoni Metuktire” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

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

Conheça Mayalú Txucarramãe , neta do Cacique Raoni… continuando a tradição ativista,ela também se dedica a cultivar tradições e cuidar da natureza. Todo carinho, respeito e força a quem, mesmo com tantas dificuldades,luta pelos direitos de seu povo imagens do Pinterest … Continue reading →

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“When you cut down the trees you assault the spirits of our ancestors. When you dig for minerals you impale the heart of the Earth…”

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

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/37720056-9122275-image-a-2_1610023695675-1.jpg Photo: Ricardo Stuckert «?Brazilian Indians?series?» “When you cut down the trees you assault the spirits of our ancestors. When you dig for minerals you impale the heart of the Earth. And when you…

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“All the Living World is Interdependent:” A Q&A with Artist Barbara Crane Navarro — Open Americas — Barbara Crane Navarro — Transformations

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

Barbara Crane Navarro is a French artist, author, and activist who currently lives near Paris. Over a period of 12 years, she spent the winter months with the Yanomami people in Venezuela and Brazil, an experience which has inspired her … Continue reading →

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