Olympic Manor looks analytically at the vernacular architecture of the Seattle area, specifically focusing on mid-century homes in the Olympic Manor historic neighborhood. As a non-Seattle-native, Kate’s been intrigued by the common architectural styles of single family homes that have surrounded her for the past four years. While channelling two of her greatest artistic inspirations, Ed Ruscha and the Bechers, she’s aspiring to create an objective archive of a small portion of the built landscape that others might not think to notice. The gridded display of these images innately asks the viewer to compare and contrast the subjects. She finds herself continuously returning to this same question: how do our neighborhoods define and inform us? The work asks viewers to reflect and consider the defining qualities of their own homes.
