The public will get to play with and marvel at the newest Civic Center art installation, 20-foot-tall “Tree of Transformation,” starting today, Jan. 18.
The wood-and-steel sculpture depicts a tree-like structure sprouting from the top of a functional, weatherized piano, which people can play, hear and watch as its “leaves” light up. The keys trigger a set of mallets that strike nine steelpans, handcrafted in Trinidad and Tobago.
The sculpture is the first in a new public-art push from Civic Center Conservancy, dubbed Civic Center Art in the Park, that furthers its mission of preserving, restoring and activating different areas of the sprawling space between the state Capitol and Denver’s City and County building.
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