Visiting the Park Admission:
Free Park Hours:
Oct-Apr: 7 am - 6 pm
May-Sep: 7 am - 9 pm
One of the most interactive of the designs in the new
SAM sculpture park is “Seattle Cloud Cover,”
by Teresita Fernandez. Acting as bridge that connects
the other sections of the park, this is one of the few
permanent installations in the Olympic Park. Blurring
the lines between functional art and architecture, the
piece is made almost entirely of laminated glass, spanning
the railroad below while offering views of the ever-changing
Seattle sky. Sandwiched between
the planes of glass showing the city, the piece will also
feature other images of the sky along the ceiling of the
bridge. Another of the most famous Seattle parks, Myrtle
Edwards, is visible from here too, showing the seamlessly
this park fits within the city.
This piece is integral to the SAM sculpture park, causing viewers to alter their perception of an artistic space as it uses the constant shifts of natural light and sounds such that the bridge is always in a state of flux. Fernandez has garnered acclaim for her use of sensual data to portray the precarious relationship between the viewer and her art, to challenge common reference points people have when considering the environment around them. It is ideas such as these that separate the Olympic Park from other Seattle parks, attempting to draw in visitors through both artistic means and the surrounding natural world.