Here is a series of photos I took from the top of the Sonoran Desert Loop Trail. The following video, while not great, at least gives you an idea of how organically the color shift occurs.īruce Monro, Sonoran Light, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, AZ from Gerhard Bock on Vimeo. Because of the long exposure required, the changing colors merged into a yellowish hue. This was a difficult feature to photograph. I wanted to create an illuminated field of stems that, like the dormant seed in a dry desert, would burst into bloom at dusk with gentle rhythms of light under a blazing blanket of stars. The original inspiration came from a visit to Uluru (formerly known as Ayers Rock) in the Australian outback: These Fields of Light cascade down the hillside onto the Sonoran Desert Loop Trail. Garden Butte, the hill behind the DBG, is covered with 30,000 spheres connected by miles of fiber optic cable. The candles are hand-lit (!) every night by what must be a veritable army of volunteers.īut back to Bruce Munro. They are a major attraction in and of themselves. I was so focused on Bruce Munro’s pieces that I occasionally forgot to pay attention to the 8,000 luminaria bags that decorated the garden for the holidays. They were the smallest of Munro’s pieces and would work quite well in a residential setting. The design was inspired by dust devils Munro saw when he lived in Australia.įireflies meander their way through plantings of cacti and agaves. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries, Chindi consists of prismatic acrylic rods, 21 ft. Suspended from the curved roofs of the Sybil B. Thousands of plastic bottles are threaded with lengths of color-changing fiber optics.īeacon is the perfect name for this piece because it does beckon from afar, promising warmth, shelter, and hope. Called Beacon, this piece is based on a superstructure originally designed for greenhouses. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries was pulsating with color, attracting a lot of attention. The dome in the plaza between the two sections of the Sybil B. Harrington Cactus and Succulent Galleries. The glowing spheres in the next set of photos are called Eden Blooms. Walking around, I came upon various other Bruce Munro pieces that showed up better at dusk. Still, even like that these 69 cylinders are intriguing against the desert backdrop. The illumination is quite dim and requires almost complete darkness to see well. it wasn’t completely dark yet so the Water-Towers didn’t seem lit (although they were). After spending a good part of the afternoon at the Desert Botanical Garden ( 1 | 2 | 3), I went back in the evening to see Bruce Munro’s Sonoran Light installations in all their multi-color glory.
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