B/IAS -- burien interim art space.

[rwx]

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Originally uploaded by GodzillaRockit.

I'll post my own pictures later -- but this gives you an idea of the environment we installed into. Great art (of which Passage is the largest piece included here for scale) installed into an everyday context where it would be encountered daily by people in their everyday lives.

Talked to a bunch of burieners yesterday who were impressed by this, the firepod, and charlie smith's pieces a great deal. It was a wonderful afternoon, and as I've said before, I think that this style of installation is the shape of things to come.

There is a strip mall on one side of this and a bartells and a burger king. This is highly visible from one of the main routes in and out of burien proper. It'll be a good year of art there, and it'll be a good place for events this summer.

Thanks to everyone who worked to put it together.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

sad to have mmissed this. went down for a nap at 4pm and woke up at midnight. I'll have to make a trip down there soon.

[rwx.livejournal.com]

who is this?

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

While change may be a constant in life, it's very strange for me to see Burien becoming something else. I grew up in one of the little "cities" nearby in the South End, and it's... strange to think of art in Burien. Every time I go back home, my dad and I usually go to the Veracruz on 152th, drive around a little. Nice little place for all sorts of purposes, but it's not exactly what I think of as a cultural mecca.

People have been predicting Burien as a place-about-to-happen for some time, and I had figured the housing crisis would make it happen. Now, though, we'll see what happens if house prices fall in Seattle.

[batboymaxx.livejournal.com]

I really look forward to seeing this. I'm a little bummed that I couldn't be in two places at once on Saturday night.

Please keep us informed about those future events at the site, yeah? I'm so busy these days, I'm having a tough time keeping up with BCWA etc.