''Stratum'', also known as the "Stratum Project", is a series of 23 sculptures by landscape architect

Mikyoung Kim Mikyoung Kim, FASLA is an American landscape architect, urban designer, and founding principal of Mikyoung Kim Design. Kim has received the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award and the American Society of Landscape Architects National ...

, installed near

Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...

Sellwood Bridge The Sellwood Bridge is a deck arch bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The current bridge opened in 2016 and replaced a 1925 span that had carried the same name. The original bridge was Portland's fir ...

, in the United States.

Description

''Stratum'' is a public art installation consisting of 23 multicolored sculptures, or "ecologically inspired geological totems", along the east approach to the

in southeast Portland's Sellwood neighborhood. The totems are tall and made of layered recycled materials intended to "create a surface representing earth, water and sky as a gateway to the Sellwood community". They "rotate" at 90-degree angles. According to the

Regional Arts & Culture Council The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is an organization that administers arts grants in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties that also do advocacy in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon, United States. It evolved from the city� ...

, the project's concept was "driven by the power and beauty of the geologic and natural phenomena" of the

Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley ( ) is a valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the east, the ...

. It was funded by the City of Portland's art program. The sculptures are owned by the city and maintained by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

History

Mikyoung Kim's work was selected by the Regional Arts & Culture Council in 2012. The totems were created by Art & Design Works of Cornelius. Workers began installing the totems in August 2016, starting on the south side of Southeast Tacoma Street. The remaining sculptures are slated to be installed on the north side of Tacoma Street by the end of 2016.

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Sellwood Bridge Gateway: Stratum Project
at Mikyoung Kim Design {{Sellwood-Moreland, Portland, Oregon 2016 establishments in Oregon 2016 sculptures Outdoor sculptures in Southeast Portland, Oregon Sculpture series Sellwood-Moreland, Portland, Oregon Totem poles in the United States

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