What is the colour of Salmon Gum?

2001

Documentation of site-specific installation

environment

and the “Where is the Best Salmon Gum?” Competition

In Collaboration With: judges, participants and very nice trees

multiples

Paint chart chip 3.5 cm high 7 cm long
Digital print 198 x 297 mm

edition 7/7 available

$440.00

Digital print of paint chart chip, Kellerberrin salmon gum (Eucalyptus salmonophloia)

Project: What is the colour of Salmon Gum?	2001	Kellerberrin
Exhibition: Dreaming Alternative Pasts: when the colour of salmon gum was a part of our daily lives	2001	Kellerberrin Folk Museum, Kellerberrin, as part of IASKA Open Spaces Program

colour, the nonhuman, “Where is the Best Salmon Gum?” Competition, salinisation, land degradation, biodiversity, to place, eclogue

As part of the Open Spaces residency program at the International Art Space Kellerberrin (IASKA) I investigated the true nature of the colour of Salmon Gums, a prominent species of tree in the surrounding district. This colour changes with the year, with the roughness and pearlescence of the bark, and with the influence of the changing light of the day and the light after rain.