Inspired by Becky’s Blue July Squares
This blue tree is part of an art installation at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH (USA).
“The Blue Trees is an environmental community art installation by Konstantin Dimopoulos in which trees have been temporarily transformed with environmentally safe blue pigment to stimulate awareness and discussion of global deforestation, while engaging the community in art activity and dialogue.”
A fascinating sight to see at the entrance to this popular museum. Definitely an important (!) conversation starter.
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Very interesting and unique.
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Thank you!
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My pleasure.
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I love this! 😎
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Thanks! Glad you like it 🙂
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wow . . what an extraordinary conversation starter. Presuming they paint them in winter before the leaves start budding?
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That’s a good question. I’m not sure when they were painted, but it was probably before they leaved out. I remember seeing them like that in March (as well as May when this photo was taken). The link on the quote gives more info.
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I’ll go and investigate thanks xx
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You’re most welcome 🙂
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That’s wild!
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Thanks 🙂
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Hey, I saw these in Sydney a few years! They get around. I’d already posted on them, so didn’t think I could sneak them in again for Becky’s challenge.
https://elizabethkrallphotos.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/random-fridays-blue-trees/
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How cool! They are quite striking. The installations have apparently been all over the world according to the artist’s website about it:
https://kondimopoulos.com/the-blue-trees/
Thanks for your comment!
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And so they should, too, they get people talking! Like the “Bruges Whale” made of plastic, which also travels around the world.
https://elizabethkrallphotos.wordpress.com/2019/02/12/skyscraper-the-bruges-whale/
(sorry to be spamming you with my posts on your site!)
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Thanks for sharing another example – I think of it as such – rather than spamming 🙂
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I’ve sent a link to my sweetheart as it seems like a solution for crepe myrtle scale that is turning all the tree trunks black – for those patient enough to paint their trees, that is!
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That’s an interesting idea, but I don’t know if that paint would help. Being environmentally safe, it eventually washes off in the rain!
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Definitely a sentence starter! Do you know why they painted it blue?
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Good question! I found the answer on the museum’s website:
“Why blue?
The artist created a unique shade of blue because ‘there are no naturally blue trees.’ The artist believes that the color will draw people’s attention to the trees and create dialogue about why they are blue, why trees are important, and why art is important.”
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An interesting reason.
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