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  • © Konstantin Dimopoulos, The Blue Trees: Trees in Blossom, Vancouver Biennale 2011: City of Port Moody, Canada, Photo by Manfred Kraus Photography

They are coming. The Australian artist Konstantin Dimopoulos is assembling a crew of volunteers* to paint 16 Honey Locust trees at Westlake Park and 40 newly planted Jacquemontii Birch trees along the Burke-Gilman Trail in Kenmore.

Yay for the fact that this art project makes tree-planting happen (the paint is ecologically friendly, we are told, and it is temporary, eventually wearing off). Otherwise, it doesn’t seem like an especially interesting idea. (Here’s an old classic involving trees and social sculpture; here’s a warmer take from recent days.)

*To volunteer at Westlake, email here; to volunteer along the Burke-Gilman, email here.

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...