Through October 3, 2015: Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden at Atlanta Botanical Garden

Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden features unique installations created from hundreds of miles of optic fiber by Munro, a British artist internationally acclaimed for his use of light as an artistic medium. The Garden transforms at dusk with imaginative, luminous works of art. Arrive early to enjoy the daylight beauty of the Garden and stroll the newly developed Gardens of Storza Woods.

Light is a site-specific exhibition and the largest by the artist in the Southeast. “This show will be something unlike any other that Atlantans have experienced,” says Garden President & CEO Mary Pat Matheson. “At dusk, the Garden will become this enchanting landscape that visitors just have to see to believe.”

The exhibition includes six diverse installations, from massive displays to smaller sculptures, throughout the gardens and inside the conservatories – some set to music. Equally diverse are the artist’s materials, from fiber optics to recyclable plastic bottles.

The show’s largest and most spectacular installation, Forest of Light, features more than 30,000 flower-like stems of lights blanketing Storza Woods – an extensive display that can be experienced both from the ground and from the Canopy Walk above. The display is an adaptation of Munro’s iconic Field of Light first exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 2004 and the largest installation of its kind in the world to date. Water-Towers includes 6-foot tall cylindrical sculptures made of thousands of lighted, water-filled one-liter recyclable bottles.

Bruce Munro: Lights in the Garden

Fun Facts about Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden

  • 30,000 – Glass spheres used to create Forest of Light installation
  • 4,320 – Recyclable water bottles used to create Water Towers installation
  • 4,120 – Miles between Bruce Munro Studio and Atlanta Botanical Garden
  • 2,730 – Recyclable water bottles used to create Beacon installation
  • 1,280+ – Man hours required to build the art in the UK
  • 1,104 – Volunteer hours needed to support Munro team with installation
  • 300+ – Crates and boxes the art is packed in
  • 205+ – Miles of fiber optics used in installations
  • 106+ – Light sources used
  • 20 – Towers that make up Water Towers
  • 11 – Designers, technicians and staff required to create art
  • 10 – Months it took to design exhibition
  • 5 – Months it took to build the art in studio
  • 2 – Containers (40 feet each) needed to ship art from UK to United States
For more information visit atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
Atlanta Botanical Garden
1345 Piedmont Avenue NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404.876.5859

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