Veil of Trees (original) (raw)
Veil of Trees is an art installation within the grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney. The work was designed by Janet Laurence and Jisuk Han as part of the Sydney Sculpture Walk Program in 1999, to highlight the indigenous botanical history of the site. It consists of 21 glass panels among one hundred red forest gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis) which run along a one hundred metre grassed ridge between two parallel roads.
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| dbo:abstract | Veil of Trees is an art installation within the grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney. The work was designed by Janet Laurence and Jisuk Han as part of the Sydney Sculpture Walk Program in 1999, to highlight the indigenous botanical history of the site. It consists of 21 glass panels among one hundred red forest gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis) which run along a one hundred metre grassed ridge between two parallel roads. (en) |
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| dbp:quote | There is (en) Murray Bail — from Eucalyptus New trees step out of old: lemon and ochre (en) David Malouf — from Evergreen Trees were their thoughts: (en) In there for miles, shade track and ironbark slope (en) Its dust-thick shadow reaches (en) It’s trees I look for nowadays, (en) Les Murray — from The Gum Forest (en) a country (en) adding their rings. Recording (en) and appplecore wars (en) and departure of leaves, birds, (en) and see the red rim of its fruit – haemastoma. (en) brothers in mythology, each bearing a significant (en) burning, the arrival (en) in the kingdom of twigs. (en) is dreaming our lives. (en) mice, barefoot invaders, (en) name: sclerophylla, signata, rossii, racemosa (en) peppermint gum black-sally, (en) that spoke in the language of leaves. (en) the road… (en) there was (en) this month’s frost, that season’s (en) white tea-tree hung over creeks… (en) year after year (en) you can never reach the heart of the gum forest. (en) splitting out of grey everywhere, in the gum forest. (en) Judith Wright — from Falls Country There are five different Scribbly Gums, like five (en) Sky sifting, and always a hint of smoke in the light; (en) …the tree (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Veil of Trees is an art installation within the grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney. The work was designed by Janet Laurence and Jisuk Han as part of the Sydney Sculpture Walk Program in 1999, to highlight the indigenous botanical history of the site. It consists of 21 glass panels among one hundred red forest gums (Eucalyptus tereticornis) which run along a one hundred metre grassed ridge between two parallel roads. (en) |
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