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Pick Up Sticks: Artists Build Installation with 10,000 Bamboo Stalks

Professional rock climbers construct the art installation "Big Bambu: 5,000 Arms to Hold You" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Monday.
Image: Professional rock climbers work on the art installation in Jerusalem
Professional rock climbers work on the art installation "Big Bambu: 5,000 Arms to Hold You" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 12.RONEN ZVULUN / Reuters

Professional rock climbers construct the art installation "Big Bambu: 5,000 Arms to Hold You" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Monday. The installation by artists Doug and Mike Starn will be comprised of 10,000 bamboo stalks and cover an area of more than 2296 square feet when complete. It will open to the public on June 10.