A NEW thought–provoking artwork on The Great Victorian Rail Trail has received mixed reaction from the community

"Responding" by artist Robbie Rowlands is a 39 metre phone tower that arches over the Rail Trail.

According to the Rail Trail website, the artwork was designed to mimic a phone tower falling close to the ground, "as if bowing to meet us".

"In this way, the technological function of transmission – of receiving and responding to signals – becomes a personal interaction between the viewer, the artwork and the landscape," the website statement said.

"With its slender taper and gentle curve, the tower appears more organic than industrial, like a stalk of field grass with its long, thin signal panels mimicking seed pods fraying at their tips."

The flexible structure has sparked plenty of debate online with many Facebook commenters complimenting the artwork's unique nature.

However, others were more critical and debated how the artwork would "fit into the natural landscape".