Heaven and Earth 1: 2009 Heaven and Earth 2: 2010 Heaven and Earth 3: 2011 Heaven and Earth 4: 2012 Heaven and Earth 5: 2013 Heaven and Earth 6: 2014 Heaven and Earth 7: 2015 Google+ Facebook Pinterest Sponsored by: Center for Environmental Art Carkeek Park Advisory Council Seattle Parks and Recreation Associated Recreational Council contact Thendara Kida-Gee or David Francis to help support this year's show and artists.		Propagation: Heaven & Earth VII July 11 - October 15, 2015 Carkeek Park Seattle, Washington Opening Saturday, July 11, 2-5pm Environmental Learning Center 950 Carkeek Park Road, Seattle WA 98177 Click on the image to return to the interactive map. Dara Solliday / Savina Mason www.savinamason.com www.darasolliday.com Passage We made Passage to function as a gateway and viewport for the landscape. It emerged from a conversation about how to respond to Carkeek Park as context. Do we emulate the surroundings in form and material? Or, do we introduce something completely foreign, and compel park visitors to reexamine their expectations? In the end we chose a middle ground — a shape that echoes the natural — the Olympics which can be seen through it — but is also a portal and a frame to the landscape, very definitely man-made. This intent is carried through in the material, we allow the wood to show through, but load it with color. The color shift and the propagation of the basic shape, expressing small changes in each iteration, is designed to give further directionality to the piece to give focus to the viewer. We hope that Passage, by imposing a fabricated frame on the landscape, will engage visitors in a closer examination of it.