Client
Location: Fort Worth, TX, United States
Completion date: 2023
Artwork budget: $140,000
Project Team
artist
Steve Parker
commissioning entity
City of Fort Worth
Overview
A series of musical trees that function like monumental ear trumpets, amplifying the immediate soundscape and voices of the public. The sculptures are embedded with chimes made by local community members in a series of workshops exploring sound and the practice of intentional listening .
Goals
Designed for people of all ages
Created to complement a playground and surrounding natural settings
Community desire for collaboration and to create an iconic work
Process
The sculptures are embedded with chimes made by local community members in a series of workshops exploring sound and the practice of intentional listening .