Konstantin Dimopoulos: The Blue Trees

Overview

Sydney's pretty great at the best of times, but when Art & About rolls around our city takes on a whole new splendour. Having just transitioned from a three-week shindig to a year-round event, Art & About are already ensuring 2016 is full of epic art with one of their most exciting installations to date.

The Blue Trees by Egyptian-born, New Zealand-raised, Melbourne-based artist Konstantin Dimopoulos will transform Pyrmont’s leafy Pirrama Park into an ultramarine utopia with the help of a team of community volunteers. Using a biologically safe water-based colourant, Dimopoulos will colour the trunks of the park's living trees blue to highlight the impact of deforestation on old growth forests. By rendering our local environment uncanny Dimopoulos encourages us to consider the global impact humans have on the environment. Having been shown at the prestigious Vancouver Biennale last year and being an ephemeral work with an unknown duration, this is an installation not to be missed.

The Blue Trees will be coloured by the community from 10am – 4pm on Saturday March 5. For details on how to help out, keep tabs on the Art & About website or Facebook page.

The trees will be on display until the colourant is washed away by Mother Nature.

Image: Roaming the Planet