Straight Shot
| Straight Shot | |
|---|---|
| "Linehenge" | |
 Southern end of the installation, 2018 | |
| Artist | Perri Lynch |
| Year | 2007 |
| Medium | Limestone |
| Subject | Surveying |
| Dimensions | 1 m × 1000 m (3.3 ft × 3,300 ft) |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| 47°40′26.20299″N 122°15′06.20661″W / 47.6739452750°N 122.2517240583°W | |
| Website | sandpointbaseline |
Straight Shot is a 2007
Naval Air Station Seattle runway at the location.[2] The artwork was created in part to illustrate the importance of the baseline to surveyors and to preserve the baseline – "in peril of being destroyed"[3] – as a part of the park.[4][5] The work has been nicknamed "Linehenge" by surveyors.[6]
Physical description
The piece consists of twelve dark limestone obelisks with cylindrical boreholes aligned with one another, adjacent to and following the path of the 1-kilometer baseline starting at the Lake Washington shoreline at 47°40′26.20299″N 122°15′06.20661″W / 47.6739452750°N 122.2517240583°W,[7] and ending at the park's northern edge 47°40′59.73768″N 122°15′16.62911″W / 47.6832604667°N 122.2546191972°W.[8]
Artist
Perri Lynch went to
References
- ^ "Completed projects" (PDF), Report to the Community, Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, 2007, p. 31
- ^ "Magnuson Park's $13 Million Makeover". 17 October 2012.
- ^ a b Gavin Schrock (November 2007), "The surveying inspired art of Perri Lynch" (PDF), The American Surveyor, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-23
- ^ Richard Seven (May 30, 2007), "Art shot straight through the park", The Seattle Times
- ^ Williams 2017, pp. 158–160.
- ^
"Seattle sculpture dedicated to surveyors", Public Works, Hanley Wood, August 2, 2007
- ^ SAND POINT CBL 0 datasheet, NOAA
- ^ SAND POINT CBL 1058 datasheet, NOAA
- ^ Charlene Peters (May 14, 2009), "Artist of the Week", The MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, Mass.
- ^ Award Winners / Artist Profile: Perri Lynch, 2004 Grants for Artist Projects and 2006 Fellowship, Artist Trust, retrieved 2018-09-20
- ^ Fulbright scholar list archive, United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 2009–2010, retrieved 2018-09-20
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-295-74129-1. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Straight Shot.
- Official website
- Seattle`s Public Art: Perri Lynch, Straight Shot, Seattle Channel (June 26, 2007)
- Washington baselines, NOAA
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