The path leading to Universal Playground in Fort Worth’s North Park will be getting some new artwork.
Fort Worth City Council approved a contract Aug. 9 with artist Steven Parker for a series of three interactive musical sculptures, according to a staff memo to council. The contract of up to $137,299 will include fabrication, delivery and installation of the artwork, which is titled "Listening Trees."
According to a memo to council, each sculpture will include painted brass funnels as well as bells and chimes that are decorated at community workshops.
“Together, the interconnected funnels will function as a Victorian-era ‘ear trumpet,’ or the familiar tin can telephone, naturally resonating and amplifying sounds of visitors’ voices, the natural soundscape, and embedded bells or chimes,” the memo stated.
