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The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 5 – « The Forest is Burning – Art Installation » 5:22 | Barbara Crane Navarro

Yanomami shaman communicating with the spirits of the forest, Amazonas, Brazil – photo and photo montage: Barbara Crane Navarro

« The Forest is Burning – Art Installation » alternates scenes from the « Fire Performance » burning of one of my totemic sculptures at the art space La Miroiterie in Paris with the « Fire Performance » burning of another of my totemic sculptures in the Yanomami village of Arata-Teri in the Alto Orinoco region of Amazonas, Venezuela and scenes of Yanomami shamanic initiation and daily life in the forest and the village.

 

Musicians and spectators at the « Burning Sculpture » performance at La Miroiterie, Paris, France – photo: Barbara Crane Navarro

The destruction of the world’s tropical forests is a tragedy and a crime. The destruction of my totemic sculptures during « Fire Sculpture » performances is my way of expressing the urgency of protecting these forests and the lives of the Indigenous communities that depend on them for their survival.

 

Fire consuming my totemic sculture at the « Burning Sculpture » performance, La Miroiterie, Paris, France – photo: Barbara Crane Navarro

Sound Design by César Antonio Estay Herrera

Here’s the film:

 

« Fire Performance » burning of another of my totemic sculptures in the Yanomami village of Arata-Teri in the Alto Orinoco region of Amazonas, Venezuela

For more information about the Rainforest Art Project, please see my website here:

http://www.barbaranavarro.com

And here in a blog by Palm Oil Detectives:

https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/114089794/posts/3744071063

 

Yanomami shaman, with King Vulture feathers on their hair and traditional Genipap body paint, communicating with the spirits of the forest, Amazonas, Brazil – photo (still from film): Barbara Crane Navarro

Thank you so much for appreciating my work!
Barbara

Please help protect the forests, rivers, wildlife and the lives of the Yanomami and other Indigenous peoples by boycotting ALL products from deforestation; gold, palm oil

Source: The Amazon Rainforest, Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife in Peril! – a series of short films by Barbara Crane Navarro – 5 – « The Forest is Burning – Art Installation » 5:22 | Barbara Crane Navarro