WTF. No, seriously. What is this? For the past month runners through Chicago’s Lincoln Park have been speculating as to the cause of the newly installed grove of painted trees, incidentally painted candy-corn orange and yellow the week before Halloween. Event props? Nope. One month later, they’re still standing. Protective paint to preserve the delicate baby-tree bark from a harsh Chicago winter? Word on the streets is Chicago’s due for a mild winter, and anyway– no. When someone suggested that this was an art exhibit — the initial guffaws and “get right out of town”s eventually quieted as an amused contemplation settled in: They’re in the computer… Best conversation piece of the season. Props Chicago Park District and Moore Landscaping for their collaborative art installation, Painted Forest: 100 defoliated [dead] trees painted in hues of orange and yellow.
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that really is quite cool