1.
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2.
Avenida Bolivar Managua Nicaragua
Inspired by the 1909 work by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt,
designed by Rosario Murillo, the wife of Nicaraguan President
Daniel Ortega and the Nicaraguan government’s official
spokeswoman, the trees of life are a conspicuous example of the
first lady’s far-reaching influence

3.
134 structures scattered throughout the city (and more are
under construction), the 17-meter-tall “Trees of Life” now
completely dominate the Managua city’s landscape

4.
Rotonda Hugo
Chavez,
Avenida Bolivar,
Managua,
Nicaragua

5.
Rotonda
Hugo
Chavez,
Avenida
Bolivar,
Managua,
Nicaragua
Rotonda Hugo Chavez, Avenida Bolivar, Managua, Nicaragua

6.
Rotonda Hugo
Chavez,
Avenida
Bolivar,
Managua,
Nicaragua

7.
Rotonda
Hugo
Chavez,
Avenida
Bolivar,
Managua,
Nicaragua

8.
Rotonda Hugo Chavez,
Avenida Bolivar,
Managua, Nicaragua

9.
Rosario Murillo - Trees of life Avenida Bolivar, Managua, Nicaragua

10.
Begun in 2013 to honor the
34th anniversary of
the Sandinista
Revolution, the Trees of Life
are a city beautification
project of First Lady Rosario
Murillo, who has also served
as Nicaragua's Vice
President since 2017

11.
The Trees of Life
are made of metal
and decorated by
2.5 million tiny
light bulbs in total.

12.
Standing 42 to 56
feet tall, they cost
a reported
$20,000 to
$25,000 (USD) a
piece and in total
$1 million to light
annually

13.
In the 2018 protests, demonstrators toppled, and in some cases set on fire, a number of the
Trees, a gesture widely interpreted as a rebuke to the administration and Murillo specifically

14.
Bright yellow public sculpture - Pembroke Pines in Florida
Project Team: Lawrence Scarpa, Jeff Huber, Chinh Nguyen, Arty Vartanyan

15.
Bright yellow public sculpture - Pembroke Pines in Florida

16.
Bright yellow public sculpture - Pembroke Pines in Florida

17.
Bright
yellow
public
sculpture
-
Pembroke
Pines
in
Florida

18.
Giuseppe Penone (Italian, 1947) Idee di pietra

19.
Giuseppe
Penone
(Italian,
1947)
Triplice-
Triple,
2011
Untitled

20.
Giuseppe Penone
(Italian, 1947)
Repeating the
forest

21.
Giuseppe Penone (Italian, 1947)
Space of Light

22.
Giuseppe Penone (Italian, 1947)
Space of Light

23.
Giuseppe
Penone
(Italian,
1947)
Untitled

24.
Giuseppe
Penone
(Italian,
1947)
The
hidden
life
within
Le
foglie
delle
radici
(the
leaves
of
the
roots)

25.
Jim Beghtol
Bonsai

26.
Jim Beghtol
Bonsai

27.
Jim Beghtol
Bonsai

28.
Jim Beghtol
Bonsai

29.
Jim Beghtol
Bonsai

30.
The Trinity Root,
a 9/11 Memorial Sculpture
by Steve Tobin
New York

31.
The Trinity
Root,
a 9/11
Memorial
Sculpture
by
Steve Tobin

32.
Pierre
Riche-
Healed
by
an
olive
tree
sculpture

33.
‘Tree man’
by the artist Damjan Gjurov
Skopje, North Macedonia

34.
‘Tree man’ by Damjan Gjurov
Skopje, North Macedonia

35.
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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu
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Sound: Bruce Cockburn – Nicaragua; The Shadows - Peace Pipe
2022