Dear Artist,
Thanks for your rogue installation—it's quite beautiful.
However, we have some concerns about its manner of installation
1. We have consulted with an arborist and are told that anytime a hole is made in a tree it creates an environment where rot/disease can start. This installation has several hundred holes.
2. Rogue or guerilla art installations are appreciated but in a public, shared space, such as this park, the artist(s) should make arrangements for their demolition in a timely manner. Not least because the art degrades, starts to look like garbage and like we don't care for the park. Which we do and assume you do too.
The Friends of Trinity Bellwoods Park (FoTPBP) is a volunteer group of neighbors who maintain and care for the green space beyond what Parks & Rec does. Over the years there've been many rogue art installation of which we are supportive. FoTBP's concerns are always in relation to potential damage, in this case to this beautiful tree.
Thank you. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Regards,
Michaelle
Adopt-A-Tree Coordinator
on behalf of the Friends of Trinity Bellwood Park
www.tinritybellwoods.ca and www.tbfm.ca
You can't see it in this photo, but everywhere the yarn meets the tree, there's a nail.
The latticework continues all the way to very top branch. It's a pretty breathtaking installation, but the letter was the best part.
This city is adorable sometimes.
Toronto: not mad at you for making holes in the tree. Just disappointed.
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