Meet the Beetles: The Goldsworthy Spire in Golden Gate Park
Posted on July 6, 2010
Andy Goldsworthy's Spire: San Francisco Presidio (c)2010 Russell Johnson
Took a walk through San Francisco’s Presidio a couple of weeks ago and saw how artist Andy Goldsworthy managed to create beauty out of destruction. Cypress bark beetles made a feast of some 150 Monterey Cypress trees and Goldsworthy built The Spire from those felled trees to celebrate the history and future of the forest. Young trees will grow up to meet the sculpture, which will eventually disappear into the forest. Even the beetle damage had the look of some ancient cave painting.
Cypress Bark (c) 2010 Russell Johnson
The trust that runs the national park is replanting some 1,200 trees along the Bay Area Ridge Trail over the next few years.
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