The challenge of Tina Hoggatt’s enchanting installation is Sit and Listen
“We’re all so full of stories, everyone is,” Tina Hoggatt ’78 asserts in an interview about her audio installations, Story Chairs. The inspiration sprang, Tina says, from a childhood fantasy – being cradled in a nest, high up in a tree, simply listening. Many years later, installed at Seattle’s Jack Straw Productions, two whimsical chairs entice visitors to sit and listen as the chairs tell stories, one after the other.
The act of sitting triggers an audio unit that is programmed to play the recorded stories.
Learn more about the chairs, the stories and the writers.
“Story Chairs” at Jack Straw Production on Roosevelt Way in north Seattle”
A long time champion of art in public places, for the past seven years, Tina has worked for 4Culture, King County’s Cultural Arts and Heritage organization. Learn more about Tina.
Thanks for highlighting this project! It’s all about the voices of the many writers and musicians that participated. We will be reading from our work on Friday the 7th @ 7 pm at Jack Straw. Come on by if you’re in the neighborhood.