Title: The Raven and The Light
Medium: interactive light installation with (free) SkyView® Lite app; basalt pavers; basalt + glass benches
Dimensions: 42’x14’x16"
Date: 2022
Location: The Climate Pledge Arena, at the Seattle Center. Seattle, WA
Collaboration:
Ed Mannery, Astronomy Consultant
Fabrication:
Steve Hirt, Glass in the benches
Seattle Solstice: Basalt Benches
Arts and Industrial: Basalt Pavers
Coverall: Basalt tiles
Alpine Boulder Company: Basalt Columns
Cochran: Electrical
The Lighting Group: Light Programming
Special Thanks:
CAA Icon
Swift Landscape Architects
Populous
Max Brake
Blake Sternecker
Paul Goldstein
Anchored at the SE corner of the the beautifully remodeled Climate Pledge Arena – a 1962 Seattle World’s Fair building – the sculpture is a portal to the celestial stars seen through SkyView® Lite, a free phone app for stargazing. The round lights on the ground are in sync with the Augmented Reality (AR) features of the app and they blink to signal the Raven is in that location.
Description
Known among Native Peoples and cultures worldwide, the Raven brings lights where before was darkness. The sculpture is a microcosm and a map of both the sky and Seattle. The round lights in a semi-circle match the trajectory of the constellation below the horizon. The linear lights and the basalt benches (17 million years old from Eastern Washington), orient us to Seattle’s street grids. This project is our portal to the celestial universe and a place to sit back, pierce the horizon and discover.
