Participating Artists: Barbara De Pirro Miguel Edwards Aaron Haba Meredith Hall and Vaughn Bell Todd Lawson Julie Lindell Peppé Stephen Rock Gerry Stecca Kristin Tollefson Sylwia Tur Sponsored by: Center on Contemporary Art Carkeek Park Advisory Council Seattle Parks and Recreation Associated Recreational Council Department of Neighborhoods Supported by: Seattle Weekly Piper's Creek Nursery Hardware Sales, Bellingham, WA Ballard Hardware Ballard Sheet Metal		Site 11: Sylwia Tur Poland & Seattle, Washington www.sylwiatur.com About the Arist: Sylwia Tur was born and raised in Poland. She received her MA and BA in Linguistics from the University of Washington in Seattle, followed by Post-Baccalaureate studies in Studio Art (Ceramics) also at the UW. She continues to draw inspiration from both fields: art and linguistics. Her work has been included in several juried shows throughout the country. She also had solo exhibitions at the Ceramics Gallery of the University of Washington, at the Pottery Northwest Gallery in Seattle, and at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WA. Her awards include the Artist Trust GAP Grant (Grants for Artist Projects), as well as the Regional Exhibition Award from the National Council of Education for the Ceramic Arts. She lives and works in Seattle. Artist's Statment: Installation Language within Landscape is a representation of the in-between spaces we create with our everyday world, existing between heaven and earth. The title of the piece makes a reference to one of our most important faculties, language. Just like the world around us changes, so is our language. Each piece in the installation symbolizes individual language system: each one very distinct, but having a lot in common with all members of the group. The juxtaposition of organic surface with geometric composition represents the structure and order of language as well as its fluidity and ability to adapt. In context of the Carkeek Park, the Language within Landscape adapts to the nature that surrounds it and becomes one with it for a brief moment in time. Composition of the installation responds to both the natural and man-made components of the site. At certain times of the day, shadows from the solar panels will align with the artwork, and move through it, adding the dimension of time to the piece. When shadows shift, they will take with them a memory trace of the pieces below, which will slowly disappear until the next day, when the entire process starts again.