SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A “mythic creature” will begin “to surface in the heart of Golden Gate Park” this weekend. The “creature” is in fact a giant sea serpent sculpture named “Naga.”
Naga, which is 100 feet long and 25 feet high, is a sculpture that was first unveiled at Burning Man last year. Now, the sculpture is being installed at Rainbow Falls Pond along the JFK Promenade in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
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When the installation is completed, Naga will be the largest public art installation in the park’s history, according to Illuminate, the SF arts nonprofit helping to organize the project.
Naga was created by artists Cjay Roughgarden, Stephanie Shipman and Jaquelyn Scott. The full work is actually titled “Naga & the Captainess.” The project is being brought to GGP through a partnership between the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department and Illuminate, which is also the nonprofit behind the Bay Bridge lights.
Naga’s body is covered in more than 5,000 hand-forged iridescent scales and “glows with internal light,” according to Illuminate. The serpent also occasionally “playfully blows bubbles from his nose.” Naga was put together by more than 205 volunteers…