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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.

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

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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« Ils ont vite oublié la beauté de la forêt! »

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«Ils ont commencé à arracher avidement les minéraux du sol. Ils ont construit des usines pour les faire fondre et fabriquer de grandes quantités de marchandises. Ils se sont dit: nos mains ne sont-elles…

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DES COURTIERS VENDENT LA JUNGLE 🦉 — JEREMIKARUS

J’aime et partage cet article de Barbara Crane Navarro dont je vous conseille l’abonnement à son blog. Des courtiers vendant des terres indigènes volées sur Facebook? …le plus récent scandale dans la continuité des siècles de pillage et de destruction! Prenons … Continue reading →

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UK supermarkets warn Brazil over Amazon land bill | BBC News — msamba

Almost 40 UK companies say proposed laws could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon region. An open letter from the group calls on Brazil’s legislature to reject a bill which could legalise the private occupation of public land. The letter said … Continue reading →

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Gold hunters destroy human and natural life in Ecuador — Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

In the north of Ecuador, the municipality of Buenos Aires is peacefully resisting an Australian mining company that wants to mine gold and copper in its mountains. The residents are calling on the authorities to guarantee their human rights and … Continue reading →

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« They soon forgot the beauty of the forest! »

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«?They began greedily tearing minerals out of the ground. They built factories to melt them and make great quantities of merchandise.? They told themselves: Aren’t our hands so skilled to craft these things? We…

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O OURO nada mais é do que pó brilhante na lama, mas os brancos podem matar por isso! — Mágica Mistura✨

foto: Yanomami: transformação xamânica– Barbara Crane Navarro Como afirma o porta-voz Yanomami Davi Kopenawa em seu livro “A Queda do Céu”: “Os brancos espalham seus fumos epidêmicos pela floresta … tirando ouro e outros minerais da terra. 40 more words O … Continue reading →

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Oposição protocola pedido de CPI para investigar Ricardo Salles — Antropofagista

A oposição na Câmara dos Deputados apresentou, nesta quarta-feira, o pedido de abertura da Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito (CPI) para investigar denúncias de omissões e crimes cometidos pelo ministro do Meio Ambiente, Ricardo Salles. O documento é assinado por membros … Continue reading →

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« Questi stranieri sono corsi nella foresta per estrarre l’oro! »

« Siamo diversi. Non abbiamo mai pensato di mandare la nostra gente nella terra dei bianchi per distruggere tutto senza dire una parola! I bianchi possono pensare di essere molto intelligenti, ma le loro menti sono concentrate sulle cose cattive che … Continue reading →

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PF intima líder indígena Sonia Guajajara a prestar depoimento por causa de críticas ao governo — Mágica Mistura✨

PF intima líder indígena Sonia Guajajara a prestar depoimento por causa de críticas ao governo. A Polícia Federal intimou a líder indígena Sonia Guajajara a prestar depoimento por causa de críticas ao governo federal pela falta de apoio aos índios. … Continue reading →

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