On the UCSD campus, an installation by artist Terry Allen, "Trees," features sculptures of trees with built-in speakers that play music and recorded dialogues. We are local San Diegans; our name nods to San Diego lore.
Our instruments are made of wood harvested from trees. In this form, the trees have reincarnated into objects that produce beautiful sounds; with our name, we honor nature, the trees that give us oxygen, and the process of humanity employing Earth's resources to make something beautiful.