This kit created with support of
Santa Sabina College and
Ensemble Offspring, for the 2021
Santa Sabina "Australian Music Day".
Visiting Eucalyptus
EDUCATION KIT
In 2017-18 Damian Barbeler travelled
South East Australia photographing Eucalyptus
trees as inspiration for a collection of musical
and visual art works including a new concert
work entitled - Visiting Eucalyptus
Live Workshop - October 2021
Visiting Eucalyptus - Education Kit
Damian Barbeler © 2021
Inspiration
Eucalyptus trees are a startlingly diverse family. The Artistic Vision for Visiting Eucalyptus was to highlight this diversity and celebrate this most famous Australian tree.
When we think of the Australian bush, we often fall on stereotype imagery. However the Australian bush is far more rich and varied. Visiting Eucalyptus then, was an invitation to fall in love with the true Australian landscape.
Visiting Eucalyptus - Education Kit
Damian Barbeler © 2021
Meeting Eucalyptus Trees
Gathering inspiration involved travelling around Australia's east coast "visiting" Eucalyptus trees: photographing, filming, sketching and composing on location: as painters would call it "en plein air" (in the open air).
