Root 101, the inaugural exhibit for the LBC sculpture garden, featured sculptures by Bruce Johnson, including “The Five Elements,” which LBC purchased to make part of its permanent collection. Sadly, “The Five Elements” was destroyed during the October 2017 wildfires, which also damaged other pieces in the exhibit.

After the fires, filmmakers Lindsay Gauthier and Nancy Lyons created a film of SoCo Dance Theater artists and guests performing around Root 101 before and after the fires.

From the filmmakers:

By using film footage from before and after the Tubbs fire in Root 101 (Sculpture Garden at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts), we put together what was remembered in the body and on film. Wildfires through the Heartwood is made from salvaged cinematic movement material. Bruce Johnson’s new sculpture, Kali, uses materials salvaged from the burned sculpture garden.