Harries/Heder Public Art - Kenduskeag Roots

Kenduskeag Roots Temporary Installation

Building the Canopy

Location:	Kenduskeag Stream Trail, Bangor ME, August, 1999
Client:	National Park Service and the City of Bangor
Size:	Four Sites, About 20x30x10 feet each
Materials:	Roots, trunks and branches of fallen trees, sound, river
Budget:	$24,000
Collaborators:	Lauren Weinger, sound artist Scott Tiede, Technical installation Seth Barger, Sound installation Bangor Public Works Department

This second installation for the National Park Service Rivers and Trails program consists of four sites along the Kenduskeag Stream. Each site uses components of trees felled by the recent ice storm and includes a sound component.

Roots

Seat Drawing

The Roots are at the confluence of the two rivers, where the settlement started and the sounds tell of historical events.

Logjam

The Logjam is at the edge of downtown, the edge of the tidal zone and includes stories and sounds of logging.

The Canopy is in the deep woods, on a cliff over the stream, facing a rock wall called Lovers' Leap and insect sounds and Native American lullubies come on when a visitor enters.

Canopy

The Amphitheater is made of large sliced tree trunks, with the annular rings marking important dates and the sounds of the more active stream from the spring and the famous canoe race. The installation will be revived each year.

Amphitheater

All Photos by Beckett Logan

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