Artist Luke Haynes quilt a whole house and tree in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA. When I saw this art installation, I thought it was a defiant statement against gentrification that is rampant in the area. However, in the article in the Seattle Times there is no mention of a political statement being made. I thought this was a wonderful unexpected intervention in public space that to me made me question if this could have had the potential to change policy by making an abandoned building a work of art? (It will now be the site of a new bookstore. Here's a link to the article http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019077236_quilthouse06m.htm
A few blocks away there was also a "mailbox" filled with free poetry for the taking. Every month a new poem is posted for passersby to take - another public artistic intervention...
Here is a link to the poem I found in the box! http://www.scribd.com/doc/14193787/AT-DUSK-A-Poem-from-Native-Guard-by-Natasha-Trethewey
Chanika,
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful and intriguing. Thanks for sharing the poem, too, by the way -- it felt good to take a breath from the tasky-ness of working and be with that bit of writing for a few moments.
I appreciate your interpretation of the quilted house, partly because, I have to say, I'm not sure I would have been able to articulate that political angle on the artist's work.
Thanks for inspiring us with some visual media.
Ryan