Exodus: a fable a 911 windows installation by Patrick Holderfield art installation: Exhibition dates: August 12 - Sept. 26, 1999 Artist’s reception: Thursday, August 12, 6 - 8:00 p.m. 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave North, Seattle 911 Media Arts Center announces the opening of its next windows installation. "Exodus: a fable", an installation by artist Patrick Holderfield, can be viewed Aug. 12 to Sept. 26 in 911’s storefront windows. A free, public reception for the artist will be held Thursday, Aug. 12, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Holderfield’s installation evokes museum dioramas -- taxidermy forms of deer and snakes, frozen in motion, play out an imagined story.... "Once there was a deer and a snake who lived in the woods. They were friends and lived happily together. Snake and deer would work together all the time tinkering in the workshop. Always making things and inventing things they could play with or entertain themselves with. They made a big tree instrument that played music in the wind. It could be heard for miles around and was very beautiful. They also invented a special kite they could wear and float up in the sky while the other held the rope. Best of all deer and snake liked to invent things that would make life easy. One day they decided to build a robot snake. A robot that would be able to do all of the tasks for deer and snake. It would gather apples for deer and dig holes for snake to sleep in. After many days and long hours of work deer and snake finally succeeded and created a super snake. It was shiny and strong and never tired. One day while the robot snake was flattening a den for deer it just quit working. Deer said, "don’t stop making my den", but the robot snake just looked at her and bit her in the leg. Deer said "why did you do that?", but the robot snake didn’t answer. From then on it was impossible for snake and deer to live in the woods with the robot snake. The great thing they invented was the great thing that forced them out." Patrick Holderfield is a visual artist from Seattle whose sculptural work has won juror awards at Bellevue Art Museum’s Pacific Northwest Annual and Center on Contemporary Art’s Northwest Annual. His solo show at Project 416 gallery was recently reviewed in Sculpture magazine. Patrick’s work will be included in forthcoming shows at Bumbershoot, Tacoma Art Museum, and Lead Gallery. Ongoing since 911’s incorporation in 1984, the 911 Windows program continues to offer area artists a unique installation opportunity in five large storefront windows facing a major intersection at 117 Yale Avenue North (one block south of the flagship REI building). Artists interested in applying to the 911 Windows program should contact Brad Thompson at 911 Media Arts Center (206) 682-6552, or e-mail brad@911media.org.