Aviva Rahmani’s The Blued Trees and The Blued Trees Symphony projects have been installed and copyrighted in the path of natural gas pipelines to protect forests across miles ofNorth America. The work has gained international attention and support, including Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, A Blade of Grass and the NationalEndowment for the Arts. Rahmani holds a PhD from Plymouth University, UK in environmental sciences, technology and studio art and has produced over thirty one-hour rawGulf to Gulf sessions on climate change viewed from eighty-five countries. “Trigger Points/ Tipping Points,” a precursor to Gulf to Gulf, premiered at the 2007 Venice Biennale. She is an Affiliate at the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
