Monday, September 27, 2010

Seattle Public Library

What a library!
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Arriving at the library was a surprise. When someone says a field trip to the library, I just twirl my finger in the air...woo-hoo. But the archetecture was very complex from the start. Large glass windows surrounded the library encasing it in a complex triangle structure with awesome escalators!
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And my adventure on the escalators brought me to the first piece of art that we needed to encounter. A sculpture entitled "Brain Cast" by Tony Ours. And if the sculpture isn't weird enough there is a small circle window that shows the red hallway behind the sculpture and who ever decides to poke their head through. But after the fun on the escalators we had to treck upstairs.
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Disapointed with the picture? Well...
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No this is not a nerd pointing at TV screen. This is a librarian pointing at a sculpture created by George Legreardy, the video screens give you a visual representation of what has been checked out, by who, what time and how often. The piece is entitiled "Making hte Visible the INvisible: What the community is reading".

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No, Cassandra did not miss the shot, the floor is actually a work of art. Ann Hamilton created an untitled work that lies beneath your feet as you exit the library. Different languages and texts litter the floor with phrases that aren't all understandable, but they are interesting none the less.

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