Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

Sculpture Park

Three Awakenings
for three roving FM 
stations, forest and 
participating patrons

May-June 2000

A site specific installation made for the sculpture park adjacent 
to the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center consisting of three FM radio 
stations broadcasting a 45 minute meditative text to patrons outfitted 
with FM radios (head phones or boom boxes).  While each station is 
tuned to the same frequency and broadcast identical texts, their 
range has a radius of only 50 feet and, therefore, the texts will 
apply uniquely to the context of their placement.  The Arts Center 
staff will have the option to move these to different locations as a 
means of providing fuller discovery of the park, artwork and the inner self.

FM station maintenance and placement
The stations, when fully charged, will run continuously for 8-10 
hours before they must be collected and recharged. Each is 
equipped with a security loop for attachment to a tree, but they 
should be hidden to encourage daily discovery and rediscovery via 
FM radio.  For this reason, black plastic bags are required enclose 
each station (these are 4"x10" cylinders with a 24" telescoping 
attenna) to keep the units clean and dry, and to encourage 
amouflage. The stations require about 13 hours to recharge.