As part of ‘Sydney Science Festival 2017’ the Tree Veneration Society will be hosting several tree-based workshops. We will be encouraging members of the public to come and explore trees with us. For more information keep on reading.
Discover more about the life of trees through your senses and imagination with the help of the Tree Veneration Society. The society aims to reconnect people through listening, touching, seeing and imagining the tree, while acknowledging its attributes.
You will use traditional technology to make art and explore different creative activities inspired by trees.
And on the new technology side, workstations with listening devices will help you to hear the trees via the expertise of a researcher who is completing his PhD in this area. Olloclips will also be provided for use with smartphone cameras to visually explore the components of the trees and see them at a macro scale.
Activities:
- Listening to the trees through special listening devices
- Taking macro photos of aspects of the trees through the use of Olloclips that can be attached to smartphones
- Drawing the tree
- Taking rubbings of fallen plant material that can be turned into adornments to venerate a favourite tree
THANKYOU to Olloclip for their generous sponsorship of our ‘seeing pod’. For more information about the Olloclips used in our workshops please click here.
When: 13 August
Where: ‘Connections Garden’ Australian Botanic Gardens, Mt Annan (directly opposite the Visitor Centre)
Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
