“Where is the best Salmon Gum?” Competition
| 53rd Annual “Where is the Best Salmon Gum?” Competition | 2001 | socially engaged project | inimitables |
| Artwork, image and photography © Perdita Phillips | fieldwork | ||
| in collaboration with judges, participants and very nice trees | |||
| Kellerberrin/Tammmin salmon gums (Eucalyptus salmonophloia), digitally printed poster | poster, edition 6/7 available | $440 | |
| variable: 42 entries | |||
| Project: What is the colour of Salmon Gum? | 2001 | Shires of Tammin and Kellerberrin | |
| Exhibition: IASKA opening | 2001 | IASKA, Kellerberrin | |
The 53rd Annual “Where is the Best Salmon Gum?” Competition socially engaged project (eclogue/performance) involved the organisation of a competition for the best salmon gum in the rural shires of Kellerberrin and Tammin. It was part of the IASKA (now Spaced) Open Spaces Residency Program.
Salmon Gum trees are an icon of the surrounding wheat-sheep landscape when they were the largest, oldest and most dominant members of the woodland communities that were cleared for agriculture. With the current problems of salinisation, the survival and regeneration of Salmon Gums is symbolic of repair of ecosystem processes throughout the region. The attracted 42 entries in the four categories of Best Tree, Best Stand, Best Seedling or Sapling, and Tree with the Most Descendants. The entries were judged by local identities using the criteria of conservation values, cultural values and aesthetic values.