No artists get credit for an installation titled Solar Seating Power at Westlake Park.
The coy blooms came to town to promote the launch of the 2010 Prius. Seattle park administrators carefully scrutinize any projects artists want to install in a city park. Did a car company receive the same scrutiny? The good news is, the dippy flowers have a short shelf life. Jen Graves called them terrible, which just about covers it.
Looking at the YouTube video below, however, featuring the Michael Clark Company, I know one thing that could have saved the day. Dancers. Check the stage set. It’s a Solar Seating Power twin.
(Thanks for the video link to Tim Marsden, who described the piece as “Beckett meets German Expressionism via the unlikely route of Post Punk and classical ballet.”)
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