The New Zealand Tree Project is an innovative film and photography venture that captures imagery of majestic trees from viewpoints that people rarely get to experience from the forest floor. By using innovative mediums such as time-lapse, hyper-lapse and 3D video, coupled with custom built camera rigs, drones and 50m long cable cameras, the team were able to create one of a kind footage of the forest from ground breaking new angles.
The exhibition features a 4x2m portrait of a rimu. Alongside this portrait will be an extensive line up supporting media which has been described as a 'Media Storm'. Dynamic large format photographic prints and an epic time lapse video complement the rimu portrait and describe the climbing and creative experiences during the shoot.
Venue: Calder & Lawson Gallery, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts - Te Whare Tapere, The University of Waikato - Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, Hamilton. Open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Website: www.waikato.ac.nz/academy/gallery/nz-tree-project
For more on the tree project and to arrange further exhibitions, visit: www.nztreeproject.com/about/#project
Supporting resources
We have lots of content on trees, (with more due very soon), we recommend starting with these:
- This recorded webinar, Our native trees, introduce some readily available resources and model activities about New Zealand’s native trees.
- The uniqueness of New Zealand plants – we have some of the oldest primeval forests in the world, the largest type of moss and some of the largest tree ferns found anywhere.
- Trees and natural cycles – outlines the role trees play in the Earth's interacting systems.
- Expand your plant knowledge with these 2 new articles, looking at what is a tree and learn how to identify native plants.
Activities
You might like to try these activities with your students to expand their plant know-how: Native plant leaves – DIY classification system and Making a life-size leaf collection
