Moon Gates

History: In 1991, Seattle Center demolished the infamous “Building 50,” a 500 foot long concrete tilt-up storage building that divided the Center from the Denny Regrade/Downtown and created a hard impenetrable edge to Seattle Center at its southern edge.  In its place flourished the Broad Street Green- a nearly three acre open space which draws and welcomes thousands of people to its broad, green lawns each day.  The Sculpture Garden needed two additions for its ‘completion’- a relocation of the Iliad and another major work to fill out the area and make it read as a true sculpture garden.  Chase's Moon Gates was selected as the completing piece for the garden.

Description: Three bronze forms ranging in size from 9’ to 17’.

Artist Statement: Moon Gates offers interior-exterior experiences and the opportunity to interact on many levels: physically, visually, and spiritually.  Two sections offer seating on the interior passages.  A third section may seem kinetic, place apart and situated on a thrust bearing, enabling it to revolve.  My basic concern for this public installation is the joyous relationship between spaces, form and human interaction and that the composition offers both a symbol of place and a unique area for creative play.

Location: Seattle Center, Broad Street Green, Broad Street and John Street