At Olympic Sculpture Park’s Newest Installation, Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

The Stranger
August 23, 2019

Make your way to Olympic Sculpture Park on a summer’s eve, like, say, tonight for the park’s annual outdoor edition of SAM Remix, and what draws your eye? With some of the most unobstructed waterfront views on Elliott Bay, there is a natural tendency to gaze out at cloudlines and mountaintop ridges that intermingle across Puget Sound. After last night’s closing of Summer at SAM with Black Belt Eagle Scout, there was even a spirited discussion in the men’s room about whether anyone had ever seen the fabled green flash of light at sunset. (Conclusion: Only on drugs.)

Brazilian artist Regina Silveira, whose temporary installation Octopus Wrap embraces the PACCAR Pavilion through March 2020, was drawn to more immediate surroundings. “The topography of this park is really special because it crosses many lines of traffic flow, from cars to trains,” she told The Stranger via telephone from her home in São Paulo. “I found it magical and was really impressed with the park’s strategy to take over the plot of land.”

That focus on Olympic Sculpture Park’s decidedly urban context inspired Octopus Wrap’s design: a series of black tire-track adhesives that crisscross the pavilion’s walls and ceiling, all emanating from tiny motorcycles. Wrapping the building in such a fashion—a longtime practice of Silveira’s—certainly makes the glass building stand out rather than blend into the landscape.

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