There’s a fabulous new art exhibit at Seattle Center that I’m hoping is here to stay because it’s so much fun. Created by artist and sculptor Dan Corson, Sonic Bloom consists of five giant solar-powered flowers reaching up to 40 feet in height. During the day, the solar panels in the flowers soak up the Seattle sunshine – yes, the sun does come out in Seattle on occasion. In fact, that’s one of the underlying messages of this exhibit, highlighting the fact that solar power is an effective alternative to traditional power sources, even in a city as overcast as Seattle.
At night, however, the exhibit really comes into its own, when the huge flowers light up in waves of colour, powered by the solar energy it absorbs during the day.
If that’s not enough, they also sing. Sensors in each flower are triggered by the movements of passing pedestrians and emit a series of harmonic tones which sounds like a choir humming. Check them out in action here:
There’s no admission fee and it’s open 24 x 7 so you have no excuse for not visiting this fantastic exhibit when you’re in town. Green, eco-friendly and a whole lot of fun. That’s my kind of flower power!
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This looks (and sounds!) amazing. Thanks for sharing.
They’re too much fun, Patti. Hope you have a chance to see them for yourself sometime! 🙂 Ailsa
What a fantastic idea. I’d love to see it.
I hope you get to see it sometime, Debbie, it’s a brilliant exhibit. If I could, I would have taken one of those flowers home with me:)
Beautiful!
They certainly brightened up my night, Nicole! 🙂
Looks like it might make a great intruder alarm, too!
Oh how fun, that would be hilarious, Gunta! 🙂
Would love to see them at night!
I hope you get to see them for yourself sometime! 🙂
I hope so toooooo : )
This is so cool!
I know! I wanted to take them home with me!
awesome thanks
Glad you enjoyed my singing flowers! 🙂
awesome thanks
Those are seriously cool!
I know, I was like a little kid running around making them sing! Hee hee. 🙂
I love this type of art – I am so glad you shared it with us, Ailsa. I can tell you were memorized by it.
I really was, Pat, I was like a kid in a candystore, it was so much fun. I’m glad you enjoyed it too. 🙂 Ailsa
That is so out of this world.
Definitely. They certainly give the Space Needle a run for its money!
Beautiful and magical…
They really are like something out of a fairytale! 🙂
Why can’t we all live in Seattle? This is too cool.
I know, Judy. Seattle is one of my favourite places ever! 🙂
Looks magical and amazing !!!
It really is quite magical walking underneath them, hearing them sing, Praveena! 🙂
Fantastic Ailsa and I loved hearing that little snippet of your lovely Irish accent
Haha, I was so thrilled by the exhibit I couldn’t keep quiet, pommepal, I tried to find a part of the video where I wasn’t twittering on about it and couldn’t. 🙂
How amazing its like they’re alive!
Feels like that when you’re wandering underneath them, Gilly! 🙂
I love these! I hope they stay so that you can continue to enjoy them. 🙂
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It’s amazing how bright they are! It must be even more glamorous in person. Solar energy ftw!
Wonderful. I want to be in Seattle. Maybe soon.
Hope you get there soon, Ann!
These are so cool!
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Haha, me too!
nice! they look like alien pods … friendly alien pods, i hope!
With voices that beautiful they have got to be friendly, Stephen! 😉
How embarrassing! This is about 5 minutes from my house and I didn’t know it was there until I saw this post on your blog! Thanks for the heads up – I’ll have to head down there sometime.
Ooh, get down there the next chance you get, it’s a whole lot of fun. So glad I could help you find something new in your neighbourhood! 🙂
going to see this next time we’re in Seattle!
At first I thought, “Oh my gosh! I can even see the stars in the sky!” Then I realized it was dust on my screen! DUH!
Nevertheless, fantabulous!!
yeah, thanks — another thing to look 4-ward to next time i’m in S, W.