Moon Bridge combines a traditional Chinese architectural element with a 100-year-old Vermont granite bridge abutment in an interactive public art installation.
A Moon Gate is a circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway and is a traditional architectural element in Chinese gardens. Moon Gates have many different spiritual meanings and it is regarded as good luck for newlyweds to step through the gate.
Interactive Land Art Sculptures are stone structures that compliment the landscape and surrounding area and invite the viewer to experience the integrated design. Land and sculpture are thoughtfully married to balance their significance in relation to each other. The sculpture welcomes the viewer into a space that connects them to the natural environment.
Walls and stone sculpture are not visually natural within nature. The straight line of the top of a wall or the shape of a sphere stands out to the human eye and draws the feature out of the landscape and subtly to the viewer’s attention. Because stone is a building material that is harvested from nature it is visually accepted and compliments the landscape by the invitation of human interaction with it. Taking time to connect with this sculpture in this natural environment creates the opportunity for the viewer to experience the whole in a way that is unique to themselves.
The viewer may choose the location they wish for stone to be added into nature, As the land and environment chooses the wall or sculpture that will be visually accepted by nature and the human eye.
The Warren Deck Truss Bridge was built in 1929. It is one of 4 bridges of this type and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The granite abutments that supported the bridge for 100 years were removed and recycled into the Moon Bridge Design.
From the Green Mountain Orchards parking lot, walk across the road and up past the pond to the Moon Bridge.
