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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.

« Ces étrangers se sont précipités dans la forêt pour en arracher de l’or! »

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« Nous, nous sommes différents. Nous n’avons jamais pensé à envoyer notre peuple sur la terre des Blancs pour tout détruire sans dire un mot! Les Blancs peuvent se trouver très intelligents, mais leur…

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« These outsiders just hurried into the forest to tear gold out of it! »

« Us, we are different. We have never thought of sending our people onto the white people’s land to destroy everything without saying a word! White people may find themselves very clever, but their thought remains set on these bad things … Continue reading →

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Luz✨✨ — Mágica Mistura

Luz que clareia Luz que já vêm Luz pela fresta Luz para quem tem Só se dá valor pra luz Quando o escuro amedronta Sem a luz nada se enxerga… 65 more words Luz✨✨ — Mágica Mistura

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Admiração…por Santo Agostinho — Mágica Mistura

“As pessoas viajam para admirar a altura das montanhas, as imensas ondas dos mares, o longo percurso dos rios, o vasto domínio do oceano, o movimento circular das estrelas, e no entanto elas passam por si mesmas sem se admirarem.” … Continue reading →

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« Non vogliamo strappare oro e minerali dalla terra né far cadere su di noi i loro fumi epidemici. Vogliamo solo che il cielo sia limpido in modo da poter vedere le stelle dopo il tramonto. »

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/imm015_n15-1.jpg Effetti personali degli Yanomami appesi sotto il tetto della casa comune: foglie di tabacco fresche del giardino comune e frecce «?Noi gente della foresta abbiamo solo piacere nell’evocazione di uomini generosi. Questo è…

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Iamã – Sons da Amazônia — Tem Flor

Salve o povo da Mata! Aho, minha Mãe. Iamã – Sons da Amazônia — Tem Flor

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Ecuador’s Presidential Election Down to Two Pro-mining Candidates Despite Anti-mining Movement —

Shuar Arutam homes in Ecuadorian Amazon. Photo: Amazon Watch. 9 April 2021, 5.07pm EDT Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator On Sunday April 11th, 10-million-plus Ecuadorians will decide between two presidential candidates from distinct parties but with similar visions … Continue reading →

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« No queremos arrancar el oro y los minerales de la tierra ni hacer que sus emanaciones epidémicas vuelvan a caer sobre nosotros. Solo queremos que el cielo esté despejado para que podamos ver las estrellas cuando caiga la noche. »

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https://barbara-navarro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cotton-from-communal-garden-1.jpeg Efectos personales Yanomami colgados bajo el techo de la casa comunal:algodón del jardín comunal y canasta calada « Nosotros, la gente de la selva, estamos felices de evocar hombres generosos. Por eso tenemos…

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Assista a “BOLSONARO TROCA CHEFE DA PF DO AMOZONAS PARA TENTAR SALVAR RICARDO SALLES!” no YouTube — Mágica Mistura✨

Mais um dia…mais situações constrangedoras,e porque não dizer , criminosas. Aquele”senhor”,mais uma vez, ajudando a destruir o que resta da Amazônia… Só vendo para crer… imagens do WordPress Assista a “BOLSONARO TROCA CHEFE DA PF DO AMOZONAS PARA TENTAR SALVAR RICARDO … Continue reading →

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Sonia Guajajara: Todo brasileiro hoje sente o que é ser tratado como indígena (Folha de S.Paulo) — Uma (in)certa antropologia

www1.folha.uol.com.br Sonia Guajajara, Coordenadora-executiva da Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil e ex-candidata do PSOL à Vice-Presidência da República (2018) 19 de abril de 2021 Nem sempre deixamos de sentir a dor do outro por falta de empatia; às vezes, … Continue reading →

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