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COOLUM ART PROJECT
COOLUM Art Project successfully launched the ‘Exceptional Tree Project’ recently, with the project’s lead artist Fiona Harding creating a conceptual exhibition that starts as an ‘election campaign’ to find the community’s most popular tree.
Fiona, who is passionate about trees, describes the election concept as “a way to focus on awareness of trees in our environment, democracy and politics of trees and also to discover what may be missing.”
The Coolum Art Project is part of Coolum Residents’ Association (CRA), and spokesperson John Fuller said that the Exceptional Tree Project was just the first stage in what is a multi-stage project.
“This project is about community, even civics, as much as highlighting the trees which we may sometimes take for granted,” John said.
“It’s a great opportunity for the community to let us know, not only what is their favourite tree but what they think is missing. Even the concept of what ‘missing’ or ‘exceptional’ means is up for grabs.”
The project will transition into other works in the exhibition space several times over the coming months and as other artists contribute to the changing stages.
If you are interested in electing your favourite tree, testing democracy or giving feedback on what may be missing, go and find The Exceptional Tree Project, which is located in ‘The Galley’ art space in the arcade next to Yum Gelato in Coolum.