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 Printable Maps (pdf format): letter size: 8 1/2" x 11" tabloid size: 11" x 17" original size: 17.5" x 14" Sponsored by: Center on Contemporary Art Carkeek Park Advisory Council Seattle Parks and Recreation Associated Recreational Council Supported by: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs 4CULTURE Goalzero electronics123.com contact David Francis or Ray Freeman to help support this year's show and artists.		Site 4: Thendara Kida-Gee & Tim Gee Seattle, Washington http://www.thendaramariekidagee.com/ "SoundPods D2000" Welcome to the Soundpod. D because it's digital from beginning to end and 2000 because that once sounded like the future to someone born of the 1970's. It is fashioned from an old school Copper toilet float, Victorian in styling with a fascinating organic nature. I fell in love with these objects two years ago whilst turning them into bird feeders for solstice gifts. Inside this little trinket of the past sits a vision of the future a sound card of the technology used in hi tech greeting cards of today, throwaway technology. I question this throwaway aspect and wish to find reuse. Technology that once would make a man gasp and gawk now gets chucked in the rubbish. As for the beauty of the copper toilet float, it has a beauty I don't see in my modern home. I recognize the purpose of the copper float vs it's plastic doppelganger of today. Copper is antibacterial and withstands harsh conditions there was a point to getting a copper one in your loo, you would never need another, unlike it's plastic cousin who will likely require a replacement, perhaps several. And is that why everything is made from plastic now, so we will always need more? As the toilet float regulated the flow of water now in the Soundpod D2000 it regulates the flow of sound. Now these are interactive pods, they are equipped with infrared sensors and activated by you, or your dog. They work in day and night conditions and are well weatherized all powered by the sun. The point of the pods other then to explore reuse of disregarded objects was to attempt to neutralize some human noise. These tracks are birds and bees of the areas in and around Seattle, who we digitally recorded since the spring began. We visited a fantastic Bee man named Paul Bryant and nightly went to a local woods til we caught the local barred owls on digital recorder. We even mimic bird sounds ourselves and I dare you to tell the difference. It's been a wonderful exploration of sound but seeking the quiet creatures only makes you realize how truly loud we are. There's always a plane flying overhead, or a motor of some sort, Sunday early mornings offered a bit of reprieve. The Soundpods live in a dead tree at the back of the orchard we hoped to reinvigorate this tree with life, one last shout. Did you know the toilet float along with the rest of the ballcock was invented in 1790 by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez who was a priest, scientist, cartographer, and journalist. Back in the days of less specificness. Thank you to our sponsors Goal Zero and electronics123 Bios: Tim Gee is an alchemist disguised as a business man by day. A Native of Cornwall England Tim now lives and creates in Seattle, Washington. Versed in multiple disciplines, all connected by a life long fascination with sound, his creative personas used to add discovery and assist worlds scientific, esoteric and artistic. An inventor by nature Tim has long been in the back ground assisting artists on a technical level, finding solutions to the queries of creative minds. A fantastic addition to any artistic team. His visual work has been shown in Walsall , Uk and now here in his debut in Heaven and Earth Five. Thendara's work revolves around a holistic lifestyle that attempts to use more and waste nothing, the process of making joining the process of recycling, finding new use for her own and other people's rubbish. Her photography is both documentation as well as a story in cinematic stills of the aspects of life commonly ignored. Satisfying a desire to stimulate more than the eyes alone, Thendara's work crosses a variety of media and mediums telling multi sensory stories. Finding the perfection in everything rather then trying to perfect it.