Talk about feeling welcomed by a community! We experienced such amazing support from the entire community of Port Moody while we were turning their trees blue.

Big thanks to Devin Jain and Kristin Tracey from the city, who were particularly amazing from start to finish!

Also, thank you everyone who came out on Sunday to welcome Kon and hear his talk. Don’t forget we have another one coming up on April 7th at 7pm, Richmond City Hall.

Have you gone and seen the blue trees yet? No?! Well get out there already! We would love for you to go and check out the beautiful electric blue trees at the Port Moody Civic Center and arts centre, but just in case you can’t – here’s a look at the before and after!

The Port Moody Civic Center Before!

They're BLUE!

The Beautiful Big Tree at the Port Moody Arts Centre!

Some of our great volunteers!

I dare you to not LOVE that tree!!!

With rain in the forecast we were feeling a little nervous when we woke up today and on our way out to Port Moody for another day of Blue Trees at the civic centre. Yesterday, we got an amazing start on the 16 beautiful cherry trees that line the roundabout in front of the civic centre.

“We’ll just have to see how it goes,” said Kon. Luckily the rain held off and we spent another day under the sun!

Kevin Griffin from the Vancouver Sun came out to interview Kon. Photographers, families and even a documentary film maker came by to talk to the blue covered man atop the orange ladder.

We could not be more thankful of the weather and the warm reception we’ve had in beautiful Port Moody – here’s a look at the pics from today!

Tomorrow we will be doing final touches at the civic centre site and then heading over to the arts centre to get cracking on their HUGE tree (2425 St. John’s Street) come by and say hi to us!

Kon being interviewed by Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun

Kon's Ammunition when talking about his cause

What a great start we’ve already had on day one in Port Moody. After being warmly greeted by city staff we began our blue forest at site number one – Port Moody Civic Centre!

The day has been filled with people coming out to see Kon and his blue trees. Some we’ve surprised on their way to pay a parking ticket, and others were just out for a walk on a nice day. We even had a critic, who Kon won over and we’re happy to say that he’s officially signed up to be a volunteer!

Doubt us if you must, but these blue trees are making big waves and a lot of happy people.

Here’s a look at our big, beautiful, sunny day one in Port Moody. If you doubt us, or if you love us we’d love to see here! We’ll be back tomorrow working on the trees at the Port Moody Civic Centre (100 Newport Dr).

Port Moody Civic Centre Before Blue Trees

Very first tree to go blue in Port Moody!

One of our amazing volunteers!

We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of International artist, Konstantin Dimopoulos! We guarantee you will literally stop in your tracks when you see what Kon has in store for the Vancouver Biennale.

Kon will be creating blue forests on the City of Richmond, Port Moody and West Vancouver. That’s right, this installation will be in THREE cities – it’s just that good. The work is called, The Blue Trees. These awe inspiring trees will be sure to brighten up your day and hopefully get you talking.

Intended to be “social art action,” says Dimopoulos he hopes that his work will be part of a larger international discussion with the hopes of blue forests in cities worldwide. Each year an area at least the size of Belgium of native forests is cleared from around the planet. So much a part of our daily lives, they are the lungs of the planet and attention must be paid.

Colour is a powerful stimulant, a means of altering perception and defining space and time. The fact that blue is a colour that is not naturally identified with trees suggests to the viewer that something unusual, something out of the ordinary has happened. It becomes a magical transformation.

The colour used on the trees is biologically safe pigmented water. As an ephemeral artwork, the colour will naturally degrade and the trees gradually revert to their natural state.

Spring break is almost here so we hope to see everyone at The Blue Trees sites!

Colouring Dates:
http://www.theartmarket.ca/event/blue-trees-richmond-bc March 17-21
Port Moody Blue Trees March 22-26
West Vancouver Blue Trees March 30-April 2

Receptions & Talks
March 27 Port Moody Reception
April 7th Richmond Lecture

We are so excited to welcome Kon to the Vancouver Biennale Family of Arists. Stat tuned – Frequent updates and pictures of the project’s progress will be posted on our Facebook, and twitter as well as on our blog.