Artwork copyright Norie Sato. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Norie Sato. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Norie Sato. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Norie Sato. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Artwork copyright Norie Sato. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Double Dream Book, 1995

Norie Sato
(American, born 1949)

Location: Spokane Community College, Spokane

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Double Dream Book is a large-scale installation by artist Norie Sato. It is comprised of two central book forms with glass and metal letters and symbols climbing up atrium walls at Spokane Community College. She notes that each book element is “in the process of transforming or ‘flying apart.’ The written book is de-materializing into digital media in the same way that our culture is in the process of transforming from the industrial age into the information age.”

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Spokane Community College.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Seattle-based artist Norie Sato has worked in printmaking, video, sculpture, and glass. Her long career includes many site-specific installations that interact with their environment. Many of her public art projects involve urban planning and design, and collaboration with architects.

Sato moved to Seattle in 1972 to study and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from the University of Washington. She was honored with a Washington State Governor's Arts and Heritage Award in 2014. She received the 2013 Twining Humber Award for lifetime artistic achievement and the 1997 George Tsutakawa Award for Advancement of Public Art, among many other awards.