They’re big and bushy, have names like Ibbi Pip and Sofus Lotus and probably eat people. They’re Big Trolls, and so they’ll quickly be coming to a forest close to you.
On June 7, the exhibit “Trolls: Save the Humans” opens on the historic Filoli gardens in San Mateo County to run via early November. A half-dozen humongous creatures fabricated from recycled supplies like development wooden will take up residence among the many redwood groves and meadow blooms. They’re the work of Danish artist and dumpster diver Thomas Dambo, who has “hidden” his trolls in not less than 17 nations together with Eire, Australia and China – there’s even one skulking round in a nature museum in Solvang, California, known as Lulu Hyggelig.
In keeping with the artist’s lore, these typically 15-foot abominations – sorry, magical creatures – are locked in an everlasting debate on whether or not to avoid wasting people regardless of their polluting, damaging methods, or (chomp chomp!) simply devour them. Once you take your children to Filoli to satisfy the trolls, ask them which they’d want.
“The outdoor exhibition will fuse fairytales, whims and monumental scale,” write the Filoli of us, “to inspire visitors to explore themes such as recycling and reusing trash, the importance of plants and gardens, art and more.”
Particulars: Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. each day at 86 Cañada Street, Woodside; common admission $36, filoli.org/trolls
