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| Three rotating trees installed next to a major city road junction are the latest addition to Liverpool's artistic landscape. | |
| Arbores Laetae - or Joyful Trees - has transformed a former brownfield site as part of the Biennial arts festival. | |
| Designed by New York architects Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, festival bosses say the work gives people a chance to "view nature at its most unnatural". | Designed by New York architects Diller, Scofidio and Renfro, festival bosses say the work gives people a chance to "view nature at its most unnatural". |
| The Biennial, featuring 30 commissions, officially opens on 20 September. | The Biennial, featuring 30 commissions, officially opens on 20 September. |
| The slowly rotating trees, intended to be a playful reinvention of the public park, were largely welcomed by members of the public in their unveiling on Wednesday. | The slowly rotating trees, intended to be a playful reinvention of the public park, were largely welcomed by members of the public in their unveiling on Wednesday. |
| The trees can found at the heart of 17 hornbeam trees planted in a grid pattern at the corner of Great George Street and Parliament Street, but are not immediately obvious to passing pedestrians or traffic. I was walking on the sidewalk and the tree was following me as I was walking along - it was quite strange Rick Scofidio | |
| Some people find their unfamiliar shading patterns tranquil and others, unsettling, which was the aim, according to designer, Rick Scofidio. | Some people find their unfamiliar shading patterns tranquil and others, unsettling, which was the aim, according to designer, Rick Scofidio. |
| Mr Scofidio told BBC News: "I found that it's both beautiful, wonderful and a little bit frightening. | Mr Scofidio told BBC News: "I found that it's both beautiful, wonderful and a little bit frightening. |
| "Trees in poems are beautiful objects, but they are also things that tap on your window at night and in many fairy stories are quite evil and dangerous. | "Trees in poems are beautiful objects, but they are also things that tap on your window at night and in many fairy stories are quite evil and dangerous. |
| "But these trees are like people. It's nice being up here with them and they change your view and perception of the world. | "But these trees are like people. It's nice being up here with them and they change your view and perception of the world. |
| "The other day when I arrived I was walking on the sidewalk and the tree was following me as I was walking along - it was quite strange. | "The other day when I arrived I was walking on the sidewalk and the tree was following me as I was walking along - it was quite strange. |
| "If you stand and look at the tree and the world starts spinning around you - it can be very disturbing." | "If you stand and look at the tree and the world starts spinning around you - it can be very disturbing." |
| Fifteen of the art works commissioned for the month-long festival, which is one of the Capital of Culture highlights, will be exhibited in public spaces. | Fifteen of the art works commissioned for the month-long festival, which is one of the Capital of Culture highlights, will be exhibited in public spaces. |