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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.

«I cercatori d’oro stanno distruggendo i nostri fiumi, la nostra foresta e nostri figli. La nostra aria non è più pulita, il nostro gioco sta scomparendo e la nostra gente piange e chiede acqua pulita. Vogliamo vivere, vogliamo riconquistare la nostra pace e il nostro territorio.»

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Sei tu? «I miei nonni pescavano in questo fiume per sfamare la comunità. Ora è pieno di contaminazione da fanghi, benzina, diesel e mercurio. I pesci stanno morendo e la nostra terra Yanomami sta morendo. Noi Yanomami stiamo soffrendo, non … Continue reading →

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We can still see these 5 traces of ancestor species in all human bodies today | The Conversation — msamba

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Alice Clement Alice Clement is a Friend of The Conversation. Research Associate in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University Elia Pellegrini/Unsplash If we go far enough back in time, we all share an ancestor. And some of the … Continue reading →

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«Los mineros de oro están destruyendo nuestros ríos, nuestro bosque y nuestros niños. Nuestro aire ya no es limpio, nuestro juego está desapareciendo y nuestra gente llora y llora por agua limpia. Queremos vivir, queremos recuperar nuestra paz y nuestro territorio.»

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

¿Este Eres tu? «Mis abuelos pescaban en este río para alimentar a la comunidad. Ahora todo es contaminado por lodos, gasolina, diesel y mercurio. Los peces están muriendo y nuestra tierra Yanomami está muriendo. Los Yanomami estamos sufriendo, no tenemos … Continue reading →

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Big Brands’ Rainforest Offsets Are Often Worthless, Analysis Finds! — Mother Jones

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading provider and used by Disney, Shell,  2,156 more words Big Brands’ Rainforest Offsets Are Often Worthless, Analysis Finds … Continue reading →

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«Os garimpeiros estão destruindo os nossos rios, nossa floresta e nossas crianças. Nosso ar não é mais puro, nossas caças desapareçam e nosso povo chora e clama por água limpa. Queremos viver, queremos nossa paz de volta e nosso Território.»

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

É você? «Meus avós pescavam neste rio para alimentar a comunidade. Agora é tudo contaminação por lodo, gasolina, diesel e mercúrio. Os peixes estão morrendo e nossa terra Yanomami está morrendo. Nós Yanomami estamos sofrendo, não temos paz. Os garimpeiros … Continue reading →

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Más de un millón de especies están en peligro y sin protección — Stigmatis

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Visitantes con sus mascotas en el Zoo Mondopark en Guillena, Sevilla por el Día de San Antón. EFE/David Arjona BIODIVERSIDAD ESPECIES | 17 ene. 20223 Cada 17 de enero se celebra el Día de San Antón, patrón de los animales … Continue reading →

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«Les orpailleurs détruisent nos rivières, notre forêt et nos enfants. Notre air n’est plus pur, notre gibier disparaît et notre peuple pleure et crie pour avoir de l’eau propre. Nous voulons vivre en paix. Nous voulons retrouver notre territoire Yanomami»  – Veuillez boycotter l’or !

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Est-ce toi ? «Mes grands-parents pêchaient dans cette rivière pour nourrir la communauté. Maintenant, il ne s’agit que de contamination par les boues, l’essence, le diesel et le mercure. Les poissons meurent et notre terre Yanomami se meurt. Nous Yanomami … Continue reading →

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La extracción de minerales raros se ha duplicado en los últimos 100 años — Stigmatis

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Foto de archivo del procesado final del cobre en la Mina de las Cruces del término municipal de Gerena (Sevilla). EFE/José Manuel Vidal Barcelona | 16 ene. 2023 La extracción de minerales raros y escasos se ha duplicado en los … Continue reading →

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«The gold miners are destroying our rivers, our forest and our children. Our air is no longer pure, our game disappears and our people weep and cry out for clean water. We want to live in peace. We want our Yanomami Territory back.» Please Boycott Gold!

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Is this you? « My grandparents fished to feed the community in this river. Now it’s just sludge, gasoline, diesel and mercury contamination. Fish die and our Yanomami land is dying.  We Yanomami suffer, we don’t have peace. The gold miners … Continue reading →

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Exxon tenía desde los 70 datos exactos de la amenaza del calentamiento global — Stigmatis

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project

Pozo de petroleo de la compañía ExxonMobil. Archivo. EFE/Julian Stratenschulte Redacción Ciencia, 12 ene. 2023 Las proyecciones climáticas comunicadas por los científicos de la multinacional estadounidense ExxonMobil entre 1977 y 2003 eran precisas para pronosticar el posterior calentamiento global, según un … Continue reading →

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