L'Arbre Musicien

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The Musician Tree

Discover the new sculpture park in Sion, east of Place du Scex near the Cantonal Conservatory.

The park features seventeen bronze scenes that recount a legend along a pleasant walking route.

Each sculpture is accompanied by a vine stock on which two scrolls explain the scene in French and German, supplemented by Braille in both languages.

The project is fully compliant with the requirements of Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in force since 2008. In particular, it meets the requirements for motor, sensory, and intellectual accessibility, greatly promoting the independence of its beneficiaries.

Opening Septemember 2025

The Arbre Musicien park was completed and inaugurated on September 19, 2025.

The official handover of the park to the city was followed by an open house weekend to introduce the park and Braille to the residents of Sion.

Relive these moments in video.

Seeing through Touch

A first park, “Automn Legend”, has been installed in Lausanne in 2015, “The Musician Tree” is the second realization in Switzerland, the same concept for a different story.

For many years the artist Sara.H had a dream: to realize sculptures for the blind, to offer them the possibility to “see” with their hands instead of understanding art through the eyes of somebody else.

The idea of “Seeing through touch” was born in 2006 with the goal to create sculpture parks for impaired people and particularly for the blind. Those places of exchange and communication should be freely accessible at any time to the whole population.

A Unique Concept

The work of art is one of a kind. Instead of a single sculpture it offers a line of sixteen, twenty or more to be discovered on a simple walk. Each sculpture comes with explanations in conventional and Braille writing.

The sculptures are playful and also educational and make art accessible to everybody. People use their fingers and explore the gentle forms of the bronze: a book, a figurine, a tree, a bird, and get inspired by the magic, wisdom, hope, and joy expressed with poetry by the sculptor.

Features

The work is displayed in an easily accessible and urban open space, enhancing exchange between people in an environment that removes barriers of age, nationality and society.

According to the artist’s wish, the parc will be exclusively financed by donations and offered to the city dedicating the appropriate environment.

The goal is definitely not a temporary exhibition but a long-term installation. This also determines the choice of the material, bronze: noble, timeless and lasting.

Realisations & Projects

L'Arbre Musicien

The second park has been installed at Sion-Switzerland in 2025

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Human Rights

Switzerland
Project in preparation

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USA
Project in preparation

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Légende d'Automne

First park has been installed at Lausanne-Switzerland in 2015

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The book

Long time ago Sara.H has written and illustrated a book “The Musician Tree”, that became the basis for the bronze work. The book is only available in French and German but we offer you here the English text.

You may want to ask for the book to the association but also find it in libraries

French : N° ISBN 978-3-9524709-47
German : N° ISBN 978-3-9524709-54

Price: CHF 20.-

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