Mark Handforth: Electric Tree from banyan tree drawing Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 3 min 69 sec
✓ Published: 13-May-2021

Description:
The expansive branches of this magnificent banyan tree form a natural shelter from the sun and rain. In response to the tree’s role as a popular neighborhood-gathering place, artist Mark Handforth has delineated the limbs of the tree with eighty-five green and yellow lights illuminating the area beneath the banyan every evening from sunset until 11:00 PM.nnThe artist sees the Electric Tree as a “drawing with light” which inverts the shade cast by the monumental banyan tree during the day,