Straight Shot is a 2007 public art work at the Sand Point calibration baseline in Magnuson Park, Seattle. It was created by Seattle artist Perri Lynch, and funded by the City of Seattle's 1% for Art program,[1] Trimble and the Washington Surveyors Association. The baseline at Sand Point predates the development of Magnuson Park, and was originally at the western edge of the Navy's 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]
| 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 |
Physical description
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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
editPerri Lynch went to Marblehead High School in Massachusetts, and has undergraduate degrees from The Evergreen State College in Olympia and the University of Washington in Seattle, and a 2001 Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She was a 2009 Fulbright Scholar.[3][9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Williams, David B. (2017). Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-74129-1. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
External links
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- Official website
- Seattle`s Public Art: Perri Lynch, Straight Shot, Seattle Channel (June 26, 2007)
- Washington baselines, NOAA
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