Squamish Blue Trees @ Sunrise
ARTIST (Konstantin Dimopoulos)
"In my environmental installation, The Blue Trees, the colour and the Tree come together to transform and affect each other; the colour changing the Tree into something surreal, something out of this world."
SQUAMISH CHIEF NEWSPAPER EDITOR (Christine Endicott) "Squamish is a unique place, where visitors come to escape to nature, where residents open their blinds in the morning and can’t believe they get to live in a place surrounded by enchanting mountains and touched by the sea. It’s such stunning scenery that movie crews from all over North America use our town as their backdrop.
Local tourism experts tell us that when Vancouver people need an escape from big-city life, they come to Squamish to lose themselves in nature, to replenish their spirit before returning to urban mayhem.
It’s baffling, then, that we have a plan to alter that nature, based on the vision of an artist who does not live here. Through the Vancouver Biennale initiative, which aims to bring the work of international artists to public spaces, artist Konstantin Dimopoulos plans to turn 50 to 100 trees in Squamish blue."
RESIDENT (Joy) "I know art is in the eye of the beholder but IMO Mother Nature knows what colour is best for her trees."
Squamish Blue Trees @ Sunrise
ARTIST (Konstantin Dimopoulos)
"In my environmental installation, The Blue Trees, the colour and the Tree come together to transform and affect each other; the colour changing the Tree into something surreal, something out of this world."
SQUAMISH CHIEF NEWSPAPER EDITOR (Christine Endicott) "Squamish is a unique place, where visitors come to escape to nature, where residents open their blinds in the morning and can’t believe they get to live in a place surrounded by enchanting mountains and touched by the sea. It’s such stunning scenery that movie crews from all over North America use our town as their backdrop.
Local tourism experts tell us that when Vancouver people need an escape from big-city life, they come to Squamish to lose themselves in nature, to replenish their spirit before returning to urban mayhem.
It’s baffling, then, that we have a plan to alter that nature, based on the vision of an artist who does not live here. Through the Vancouver Biennale initiative, which aims to bring the work of international artists to public spaces, artist Konstantin Dimopoulos plans to turn 50 to 100 trees in Squamish blue."
RESIDENT (Joy) "I know art is in the eye of the beholder but IMO Mother Nature knows what colour is best for her trees."