Monday morning brought with it the joyous arrival of three little eaglets, nestled comfortably in their cozy nest, under the watchful gaze of their Eagle foster mother or father (Calder never really made that clear) in Belltown's Olympic Sculpture Park.
The eaglets' birth parent(s) - we'll assume father(s) - were nowhere to be found, leaving behind only a small sign which read Eaglets - Mixed Media - 2007 and the initials pdl, accompanied by the ASL symbols for each letter. This stylized attribution leads the Bent to believe local performance art trio Jason Puccinelli, Jed Dunkerley, and Greg Lundgren, also known collectively as Vital 5 Productions, are responsible for this gift of life.
But one can't be sure. Just last week, the trio, decked out in berets, were in Tacoma impersonating collaborative artists SuttonBeresCuller as they anonymously installed their own Ship in A Bottle at TAM. But that's a different story.
Maybe.
It's entirely possible that SBC sired the Eaglets and are impersonating-in-absentia (is that possible?) the apparently attributed acronymic parents. DNA sampling doesn't quite work in this really-mixed-media world. Maybe we could check for paint chips under fingernails to find out who's parenting, or performing, whom.
UPDATE: PDL acknowledges paternity in Seattle PI
UPDATE: 02/20 - after being buffeted about and knocked from their nest by recent wind and rain, the eaglets have been moved indoors and are under the foster care of SAM conservators.
Seattle is pretty lame at lots of stuff (public transportation decisions, for example) but we do a good job with mysterious outside art objects. Glad we're good at something.
Posted by: jseattle | February 14, 2007 at 11:42 AM
I just about died of cuteness when I saw those special little guys yesterday. I wish I could feed them little art-food or something!
Posted by: joe | February 14, 2007 at 02:18 PM
Love the eaglets. Love your take on them. Thanks to the artist(s) who created them.
Posted by: mgmason | February 15, 2007 at 11:15 AM
Is the slog using your pic, belltown?
Posted by: jseattle | February 15, 2007 at 04:44 PM
Hi jseattle - yes. I just saw a big Slog run in my log, thanks to "link police", and left an inquiring comment for Angela. I don't understand what excuses Sloggers from due diligence. Maybe she'll explain.
Posted by: Bruce | February 15, 2007 at 05:27 PM
Let's call one of them Stephen, Jr.
Posted by: Rachel Chalmers | February 16, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Call the bomb squad! Why hasn't anyone called the bomb squad! This could be TERRARISM! Won't someone think of the children?
Posted by: Geoff Holtby | February 17, 2007 at 06:46 AM
This story continues to resonate with me, for some reason.
It is wonderful-ness in action. Generally, I don't like people. But this kind of thing gives me hope.
Hank
Posted by: The County Clerk | February 22, 2007 at 08:10 AM
Laughing out loud b/f coffee is always good! Thanks for reporting this impt. news ... perhaps this is another form of hidden talent?
Posted by: The Rabbit | March 04, 2007 at 05:23 AM
hello !
Posted by: Best regards | June 01, 2007 at 08:13 AM
I don't get art like that.
Posted by: Joe the Dog Lover | September 04, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Where is Calder's Eagle and what are its dimensions? I'm doing a project on it.
Posted by: Sharath | November 08, 2009 at 08:42 AM