The Blue Trees (Dimopoulos)

The Blue Trees is a performance and installation artwork by the artist Konstantin Dimopoulos that uses a colour transformation to provoke discussion about global deforestation.[1] The trunk and branches of live trees are coloured blue using a biologically-safe natural pigment in water.[2] It was first created in pilot form in Melbourne in 2005 and launched in March 2011 at the Vancouver Biennale, Canada.[3] In 2017 it was installed in Downtown Denver,[2] and in 2018 the Currier Museum of Art commissioned a Manchester, New Hampshire installation of The Blue Trees that became the 24th installation of the artwork.[4]

The Blue Trees, 2011 Vancouver Biennale, Canada

References
  1. Leclerc, Cherise (2018-09-30). "Blue trees art installation will also honor teenager killed in crash". WMUR Manchester. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  2. Singer, Daliah (2017-04-25). "Downtown Denver's Trees Are Turning Blue For A Good Reason". 5280 Magazine. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  3. "Artwork: The Blue Trees". Vancouver Biennale 2009-2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
  4. McQuaid, Katie (2018-09-18). "Katie McQuaid's Scene in Manchester: You can help paint the town blue on Sunday". New Hampshire Union Leader. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
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