Opening of the oneTree365 -A Year In The Life Of A Tree Exhibition in Charlestown Arts Centre, Charlestown, Co. Mayo on Thursday 27th of February 2014. The exhibition is the culmination of a year long project recording the life of a single tree. Each day for 365 days I photographed the same tree and posted a photograph on the website, oneTree365.com. The exhibition will feature 12 canvas prints, projection o all 365 photographs and an installation suspended from the ceiling featuring each picture of the tree to create a oneTree365 woodland.
The exhibition coincides with national Tree Week 3rd march – 9th of March and to celebrate this, there will be free workshops and events throughout the week which are open to everyone, including twig art, ephemral art workshops, talks on trees, Scoodoos Sculpture workshop and storytelling. After the recent storms and the destruction of so many trees, this is an ideal moment to remind everyone of the importance and beauty of trees.
oneTree365 Project – A Year in the Life Of A Tree
On December 4th 2012 I started a photography project. To take a photograph of the same tree every day for a year. By recording the life of a tree for a year I hoped to strengthen my link with nature, to take a moment each day to appreciate the beauty of the tree and the world around me. On December 3rd 2013, I took the final photograph completing 365 days of photographing the one tree. Looking back over the year I was amazed by how many of the photographs were different. The images not only recorded the changes in the year of the tree, but the change each day of the world around the tree, the cloud movements, sunsets, sunrises and misty moments of silence.
oneTree365.com –sharing the project
Each day after taking the photograph I uploaded it on to a website which I created for the project. By sharing with others, my aim was to inspire others to take a moment to appreciate beauty in the world around us, and to appreciate the beauty and importance of trees.
oneTree365 -Exhibition
On February Thursday 27th 2014, oneTree365 exhibition will open in Charlestown Arts Centre in Charlestown, Co. Mayo and run until 9th of March. The exhibition will opened by the renowned Sligo artist Audrey Irwin on Thursday 27th of Febrary at 7.30pm. There will be light refreshments. All are welcome. The exhibition will feature 12 framed prints representing each month of the year. All 365 photos will be featured in the exhibition with smaller images being displayed on a hanging installation suspended from the ceiling. Each of the images will also be projected on a large screen. Throughout the week of 3-9th of March there will be daily workshops about trees and twig art sculptures and Scoodoos workshops for school groups.
Ciaran Burke
I am a qualified horticulturist and run The Garden School based in Co. Mayo, teaching gardening and horticulture. I am a garden writer and photographer with a keen interest in trees. With Scoodoos Project I deliver workshops to schools and design educational sculpture tree trails, raising awareness about the environment, love of nature and the beauty of trees.
In December 2013 I completed the year-long photography project onetree365 –A Year In The Life Of A Tree. oneTree365 Exhibition takes place in Charlestown Arts Centre, Charlestown Co. Mayo from 27th February to March 9th 2013.
Ciaran Burke: 086 8576028 / 094 9649943
