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Boren Avenue is a four-lane, fast-moving thoroughfare. The façade frontage of the Summit building is a steep block rising from north to south at about a 12% grade. Artist Sheila Klein was asked to create a more pedestrian-friendly edge condition and experience along Boren while also helping to promote connections to adjacent neighborhoods, particularly Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Walktic, the resulting urban streetscape installation, uses that motion -- whether on foot, by bike or in a car -- to stimulate an optical kinetic effect. Swivel seating and nighttime lighting enhance the participatory experience. As the artist explains: “You, the light, and the sky -- make it happen.“Label
The artist was asked to create a more pedestrian-friendly experience along Boren Avenue,
a four-lane, fast-moving thoroughfare. As with all of the public art at Summit, the
goal is also to promote connections to adjacent neighborhoods, particularly Seattle’s
Capitol Hill. Walktic, the resulting urban streetscape installation, uses motion—on foot,
by bike or in a car—to stimulate an optical kinetic e ect. Swivel seating and lighting
enhance this participatory experience. As the artist explains: “You, the light, and the
sky—make it happen.”