There is a new group of artists who have installed their works at the Ship Canal Water Quality project sites, adding 24th and Shilshole in Ballard.
The art installation is called FLOW: Art Along the Ship Canal, an annual program that brings the art of makers to the fence structures along the Ship Canal water quality mapping sites in downtown Ballard (24th Ave NW and Shilshole Ave NW), East Ballard (11th Ave NW and NW 45th St), Fremont, Wallingford and Queen Anne.
A panel of artists, network members, and the city of Seattle make up the variety committee.
Lin-Lin Mao Mollitor’s Be Like Lotus creation aims to remind other people to stay safe in the water. From Seattle Utilities (SPU):
Traditional Chinese culture considers the lotus to be a symbol of goodness and virtue. The lotus grows in the muddy water but comes out beautiful and intact. Modern science shows that the lotus produces toxins in water, keeping it healthy for the life that exists in it. . Be Like Lotus is a call to action to make everyone aware of the scarcity of drinking water in the world and encourages us to create new behaviors or responses to alleviate the problem. The origami animals that make up the lotus flowers constitute the life’s dependency on blank water.
James Lilly’s Parallax “tells the story of the harsh environmental situations that have an effect on the upstream and downstream migration of regional Chinook salmon. “
From USP:
As they cross the Lake Washington Navigation Channel into the Cedar and Sammamish River basins, any replacement in the prestige of the Chinook migrations reduces their chances of survival. As a result, the fitness of resident orcas relies heavily on the Chinook salmon population as a means of subsistence. The 3 tabernacles reveal clues to this dilemma, adding up the obstacles, pressures, and cases that affect the balance of this unique urban ecosystem.
Flow Mosaic by June Sekiguchi:
I’ve been interested in screens whose patterns prevent the eye from seeing what’s behind them. In Flow Mosaic, I was inspired by Islamic mashirabiya screens and Chinese lattices from the historic regions of the Silk Road as a starting point to create an aggregate of over a hundred hand-cut marine vinyl panels in number one and secondary bright colors. The panels are cut into a variety of patterns to rotate in the fence structure that began with a repeating water pattern, but a variety of additional geometric patterns complement the mosaic. .
To view the art at the other assignment sites, check out the Ship Canal Water Quality Project’s public art webpage.
Photos: SPU
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