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July 9 - October 9, 2011
Heaven and Earth III: Cycles of Return
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition at Point Shilshole Beach & Carkeek Park
organized by Center on Contemporary Art (COCA)
Curated by David Francis
Site D: (Interactive) Canvases
porcelain, steel wire
Events: come join me for a mid-morning observation, interaction, and
conversation during one or all of the low tides:
September 9, 9-11am: 0.39 feet low tide
September 10, 10-12pm: 0.79 feet low tide
September 11, 10-1pm: 1.23 feet low tide
6413 Seaview Ave NW
(behind COCA Gallery)
Seattle, Washington
*enter the beach through a small passageway between the fence and CoCA's
gallery
This project was supported, in part, by an award from 4Culture.
(Interactive) Canvases is an outdoor installation of blank white canvas-like
forms of fired porcelain where viewers are invited to participate in the art
making process, altering clay canvases by drawing or painting on them.
Nature plays an even more important role in the alteration process, since all
work is displayed in the marine environment, thus exposed to natural
elements of tide, algae growth, and barnacles. Nature thus controls what is
left of the artwork, whether anything remains or is washed away. Potentially
there could be layers upon layers of work created on top of one another, with
residues of all remaining.
(Interactive) Canvases are visible during low tide and completely immersed in
water during high tide.
Tide schedule
I invite all viewers to explore the work and alter the surfaces of canvases.
Seattleite article by Josh Potter, August 2, 2011: Culture Dose:
(Interactive) Canvases
Heaven and Earth III: Cycles of Return
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition at Point Shilshole Beach & Carkeek Park
organized by Center on Contemporary Art (COCA)
Curated by David Francis
Site D: (Interactive) Canvases
porcelain, steel wire
Events: come join me for a mid-morning observation, interaction, and
conversation during one or all of the low tides:
September 9, 9-11am: 0.39 feet low tide
September 10, 10-12pm: 0.79 feet low tide
September 11, 10-1pm: 1.23 feet low tide
6413 Seaview Ave NW
(behind COCA Gallery)
Seattle, Washington
*enter the beach through a small passageway between the fence and CoCA's
gallery
This project was supported, in part, by an award from 4Culture.
(Interactive) Canvases is an outdoor installation of blank white canvas-like
forms of fired porcelain where viewers are invited to participate in the art
making process, altering clay canvases by drawing or painting on them.
Nature plays an even more important role in the alteration process, since all
work is displayed in the marine environment, thus exposed to natural
elements of tide, algae growth, and barnacles. Nature thus controls what is
left of the artwork, whether anything remains or is washed away. Potentially
there could be layers upon layers of work created on top of one another, with
residues of all remaining.
(Interactive) Canvases are visible during low tide and completely immersed in
water during high tide.
Tide schedule
I invite all viewers to explore the work and alter the surfaces of canvases.
Seattleite article by Josh Potter, August 2, 2011: Culture Dose:
(Interactive) Canvases