What You have become • Parkeology
public art 2023 washington state convention center SUmmit Building, seattle wa // 900 Pine Street
This work traces 14 moments in time through 30,000 years of one city block in Seattle WA. Collaborations with community members and researchers informed the design of each piece. Objects and materials were salvaged, 3-D printed, handmade, and donated. Some objects are fragments of former public artworks; others were found buried in glacial clay during this building’s foundation excavation.
The title for this five-year project also originates from this site. In 2018, when this location was a soon-to-be demolished public transit station, someone scrawled on a tile wall: This wall is a reflection of what you have become.
Read the Seattle Times Article, How Objects Unearthed Beneath Seattle Convention Center Became Art
Design & Fabrication
Studio Nucleo, Resin fabrication
Jeremy Bosworth, armature fabrication
Brekke Works, initial armature design
Blanca Lighting, Lighting Design
Cath Brunner, Project Manager
Art Site, Installation
Commissioned by 4Culture & the Washington State Convention Center
Community, Artist and Research Collaborators
Jolene Haas, Design, Consultation, and skirt contribution for Duwamish Tribe Panel
John Edward Smith, Wood carving for Duwamish Tribe Panel
Bettie Luke, Consultation for Chinese American Laundry
Evin Opp, seamstress for Chinese American Laundry apron
Sharon Boswell, Historian
Lorelea Hudson, Archaeologist
Katie Anderson, Geology & Paleontology Collections Manager, Burke Museum, Mammoth Consultation
Michael Holland, 3D scanning and printing for Mammoth
Historical Research Associates, Inc., site archaeology access
Jack Mackie, Transit Tunnel Artist
Alice Adams, Transit Tunnel Artist
Maggie Smith, Transit Tunnel Artist
Maren Hassinger, Transit Tunnel Artist
Clarence Moriwaki, Consultation for Japanese American Household
Kristi Lin, Consultation for Japanese American Household