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King Street Station - Public Art

© Jerry Mayer, Moto, 2004.  All rights reserved

Moto - Jerry Mayer (2004)

Four-foot square traffic-type signs covered in a range of colorful reflective material are attached to sixteen columns opposite the Sounder commuter rail platform. Each sign/artwork has imagery of a simple black shape made up of a combination of traffic sign symbols from arrows, crosses, ‘Y’s and ‘T’s. These shapes have a subtle figurative quality. When seen together, the signs suggest movement in both directions.   “Moto/motor/to move/motion- that’s the starting point,” says Mayer.  "Let people’s imagination take it from there.”

Windvanes - Ned Kahn (2000)

The station canopy support columns are crowned with a series of twenty-six stainless steel and aluminum wind-activated sculptures.  Articulated metal strips hanging from the pivoting vanes allow the artwork to not only reveal the direction of the wind, but also its shape.

© Ned Kahn, Windvanes 2000.  Photo © Peter deLory.  All rights reserved.

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Jennifer Babuca
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206-398-5120
babucaj@soundtransit.org

 

 

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