Flaming Cactus transforms lampposts with fluorescent colored cable ties. By carefully wrapping a lamppost in two brightly colored cable ties, we can make it appear that one color is literally fading into the other.  By linking cable ties (or zip ties) together you can go around the circumference of the pole.  This done close to 5,000 times will cover about 25’ of pole. The end effect is a brightly colored whimsical lamppost with thousands of little “hairs” (the ends of the cable ties).

By putting up Flaming Cactuses in many different neighborhoods we hope to hit a wide range of audiences.  From Upper West Side shoppers to Chelsea gallery hoppers, these posts will be “sightings” all over the city.  We also want to hit deeper parts of the outer boroughs in neighborhoods that might need some “beautification”.  Our hope is to show that adding art to your community doesn’t require a lot of resources, formal education, or even money.  Creativity is something we’re all capable of.