Artist: Carol dePelecyn
Medium: Train wheels & axles, concrete hemispheres, rain water
Dimensions: 4' high x 3' diameter
Year Completed: 1999
Primary Discipline: Installation Art
Location: Sand Point Bird Sanctuary, Seattle, WA
Public Art Program: Horsehead Sculpture Project
Description:
A site-specific installation of 13 train wheels holding rain water which reflected the sky. We planted the wheel axle in the earth to simulate mushrooms or bird baths. The wheel wells were sited in the flight path of barn swallows who splashed in the water and celebrated the site. Technical Adviser & Support: Rick Miller Photographer: Carol dePelecyn
Artist: Carol dePelecyn
Medium: Recycled Scraper Tires, Asian noodle strainers, Speakers, Microphone, Computer Mainframe
Dimensions: 6’ diameter x 30" deep
Year Completed: 2008
Primary Discipline: Public Art
Location: Shoreline, WA
Public Art Program: 4Culture Public Art
Description:
We re-purposed 13 Tractor tires into speakers to project recorded sounds of nature in stereo at a new County Recycling Center. School children interact with the giant speakers as they learn to pay attention to the recorded sounds of nature in contrast to the industrial white noise. Sound Engineer: Dale Stammen Photographer: Steve McGehee
Artist: Carol dePelecyn
Medium: Porcelain bathtubs, anchors. fluorescent powders, water
Dimensions: 6' X 3' X 2'
Year Completed: 1999
Primary Discipline: Installation
Location: Belfast, Ireland
Public Art Program: Horsehead Sculpture Project
Description:
Mad Cow Disease was rampant and the Irish Ranchers could no longer use communal tubs to feed and water their cattle. So we purchased 15 porcelain bathtubs from the Ranchers and floated them in the old dry dock.
To add color we infilled the tubs with an environmentally safe fluorescent powder used at sea when a man falls overboard. The tub installation changed orientation with wind and weather, while rising and falling with the tide; reminiscent of the Troubles in Belfast. Technical Adviser: Rick Miller Photographer: Carol dePelecyn
artist: Carol dePelecyn
location: Seattle Public Utilities South Transfer Station
(sculptures are located in the meadow to the east of the facility)
130 S. Kenyon Street, Seattle, WA 98108
dimension: 36’ H x 12’ W
commissioned: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
material: Salvaged, sandblasted and oxidized bridge decking, recycle road reflectors.
description:
this art installation (along with "short in tooth") is a tribute to the people of South Park and their beloved old bridge now planted in the meadow at the New Seattle Public Utilities' South Transfer Station. This bridge was the main artery into the heart of South Park. Settling over time had caused the teeth of each leaf to hit in the middle instead of overlapping to connect the two sides. As a result, the teeth had to be ground down periodically to enable the bascules to close. As the piers continued to sink, no more metal could be removed. We salvaged the bridge centerbreak and bridge decking to create totems to the old Bridge and its community. We re-purposed three large sections of the original roadway grating of the bridge bascule to create a sculpture that mimics a stop-action view of a bridge leaf raising (or lowering). dePelecyn integrated recycled road reflectors into the bridge decking as a play on light.
Photograher: Steve McGehee Architect Consultants: Andy Finch, Curtis Finch
Artist: Carol dePelecyn
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 6’ x 2.5’ x 1’
Year Proposed: 2012
Primary Discipline: Finalist Public Art
Funded by: Aberdeen Arts Council
Description:
A Memorial to Education: stone blocks salvaged from Aberdeen High School which was burnt down by a disgruntled student. Photographer: Andrew Finch
artist: Carol dePelecyn
location: Seattle Public Utilities South Transfer Station
(sculptures are located in the meadow to the east of the facility)
130 S. Kenyon Street
Seattle, WA 98108
dimension: 40'h x 4'w
commissioned: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
material: Salvaged, sandblasted and oxidized centerbreak of bridge with cast iron jaws and teeth
description:
"short in the tooth" (along with "Memento: and "Meander") is part of a sculpture project in the meadow east of the New Seattle Public Utilities' South Transfer Station. We re-purposed the two interlocking elements from the center-break of the bridge span and installed them vertically, much like a beacon or totem, adjacent to the bridge decking sculpture. Photographer: Steve McGehee
artist: Carol dePelecyn
commission: Horsehead Sculpture Project
location: Sand Point Fire Station, Seattle, WA
medium:
WWII buoys, farm irrigation system, ropes, pulleys, water, light.
dimensions: 40' X 12' X 12'
year completed: 1998
primary discipline: public art
description:
a site-specific sound & light installation of WWII buoys mounted to the wall in the hose-drying tower of an old fire station. We raised the buoys with ropes on pulleys and tied them off with industrial grade wall anchors. Recycling parts from a farming irrigation system, we created a soothing sound by slowly drip-ping water over the buoys, ringing each one gently with each drop. Technical Adviser: Rick Miller
South Transfer Station Mural: Artwork by Carol dePelecyn in collaboration with Mascot Theory graphic designers.
Transfer Station South Facade: "meAnder"
location: Seattle Public Utilities South Transfer Station (sculptures are located in the meadow to the east of the facility)
Photographer: Carol dePelecyn
description:
The darker green line illustrates the beautiful curve of the original Duwamish River which snaked through the South Park salt water marsh. The aqua line illustrates the straightening of the River due to infill from human waste and industrialization during the 20th Century. The mural is intended to help people think about how humans impact land and water.
Artist: Carol dePelecyn in collaboration with Steve McGehee
Description:
As an installation artist, I often create works of art in industrial settings. I researched transfer stations and landfills extensively and collaborated with Photographer, Steve McGehee. Together, we hiked the Cedar Hills landfill and captured the ‘Terra Firma’ image which I installed as a Billboard in the ‘Shoreline Transfer Station’. It was so effective that we expanded the site-specific installation to exhibit 40 Billboards throughout King County for Earth Day. (both commissioned by 4Culture Public Art) Photographer: Steve McGehee
artist: Carol dePelecyn
medium: NOAA buoys, decommissioned propane tanks,
12 volt batteries
dimensions: 12' x 6' x 1'
year completed: 1997
primary discipline: Installation
location: Sand Point Military Base. Seattle, WA
public art program: Seattle Arts Commission
description:
a site-specific sound & light installation in a WWII airplane hangar at Sand Point Naval Base. It appeared as if the hangar
doors parted, a big wave rushed in and left the beached buoys calling out with memories of the Sea. Sponsored by the
Seattle Arts Commission in Collaboration with NOAA. Technical Adviser & Support: Rick Miller Photographer: Theresa Batty
Artist, Director, Producer: Carol dePelecyn
Cinematographer: Steve McGehee
Composer: Wayne Horvitz
Title of Artwork: “Sort”
Date of Artwork: May, 2011
Artist Statement:
As much as I am an Artist living in my imagination, I am equally a Realist living in a material world. Compelled by my observations of ‘Waste’ in our throw-away culture, I attempted to reveal the truths of waste and the beauty of salvage and re-use.
I created a short film called “Sort” showing the dance of arms reaching and hands grasping at materials with potential for re-use. The film reveals the behind-the-scene truths and beauty of the people employed to sort our garbage for precious materials.
