Studies in Forgiveness, a free full-day, outdoor, live art event, will be lining Aurora Ave N and circling Green Lake this Saturday, July 3, 2010, 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Artists and events will be scheduled geo-chronologically, south to north, along the west side of Aurora. The route is 4 miles long and ends with a 9 p.m. lake swim near the Green Lake Bathhouse (7312 West Green Lake Dr N).
Event Curator A. K. Mimi Allin invites you to “contribute your own study along the way or join in at the start or end for a purifying dip in the water or write a letter of instruction or forgiveness and tie it to the Aurora Bridge.”
Forgiveness, like art, is a process and not an event. As artists, we pave the way for forgiveness. “Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it,” said Mark Twain and Dag Hammarskjöld said, “Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.” The artist sees, but can also make new.
Courtesy A. K. Mimi Allin | Click to enlarge
The day’s schedule:
*9AM International Fountain at Seattle Center – Preparing to Forgive - 1
9:15 Seattle Center – Aslı Omur-Dellinger – 2
9:30 Sheer Water Promenade outside McCaw Hall – Kate Taylor Frew – 3
10AM Corner of 5th & Mercer – Lyn Coffin (30 mins) – 4
*10:30 Caffé Vita 813 5th Av N – Short Break - 5
11AM Aurora | SR99 from Aloha St to Aloha Inn – Sarah Miles (1 hour) - 6
11:30 Northeast Queen Anne Greenbelt – A K Mimi Allin (30 mins) – 7
12PM Hillside Motel | 2451 Aurora Av N – Lainne Dexter – 8
*12:30 Aurora Bridge | SR99 span of bridge – Letter & Instruction Writing – 9
1PM Aurora Bridge | SR99 north end – Jean Hindle (30 mins) - 10
2PM Fremont Troll under Aurora Bridge | N 36th St – Maureen Freehill (1 hour) - 11
3PM Left off Aurora at N 41st to 4128 Fremont Av N - Delilah Flynn (1 hour) – 12
*4PM Paseo Carribean | 4225 Fremont Av N – Long Break – 13
5PM Aurora from Thunderbird Hotel (aka Fremont Inn) to 58th St – Lydia Swartz (1 hour) – 14
6PM Overpass connecting Woodland Park Zoo & Woodland Park – Betty Jo Costanzo (30m) – 15
7PM Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker | 65th & Aurora – Tribute to VD (15 mins) - 16
*8PM Green Lake Speedway | Clockwise from Bathhouse – Final Forgiveness - 17
*9PM Green Lake Bathhouse | 7312 West Green Lake Dr N – Purifying Swim – 18
* A star denotes a participatory event to which anyone may contribute
→ Indicates a moving study as opposed to a stationary one
An ambient study is being conducted throughout the day by artist/videographer Danae’ Clark
