The In-Between is a place where secret hopes, dreams, and ideas live and wait as they make they journey into our reality--or not. Come explore, find the center, and share yours.

Project: Interactive Installation
Materials: Flagging Tape, Lights
Status: Built-Available for Use in the Pacific Northwest
Role: Artist
Support Team: Don Beeson, Casey Houle, Lauren Morgan, Jackson Xiao, Elizabeth Cunningham, Brandee Laird, Timothy Jackson, Sierra Jackson, Jacob Jackson, Benjamin Lentz, Christina Jones, Haley Richardson, Harmony Jovet, Jessica, Tom Brown, Jonathan Johnson

INSTALLATION HISTORY

2022 July - Critical Northwest | Granted Artwork

Get this installation at your next event or festival! Open for commission, installation nationally. Please email Caitlin.Pontrella@gmail.com

This magical space serves many needs, transforming into whatever it needs to be - common room, conversation bar, training grounds, art studio, stage, planetarium, and more. Those who seek this room will find play, movement, art, learning, and love.

Project: Architectural Installation
Materials: Flagging Tape, Lights
Status: Built-Available for Use in the Pacific Northwest
Role: Design-Build Lead
Original Team: Don Beeson, Casey Houle, Lauren Morgan, Jackson Xiao, Elizabeth Cunningham, Brandee Laird, Timothy Jackson, Sierra Jackson, Jacob Jackson, Benjamin Lentz, Bryn Anderson, Christina Jones, Haley Richardson, Harmony Jovet, Jessica, Micah Blake, TK, Jessie, Tom Brown, Jonathan Johnson

INSTALLATION HISTORY

2022 July
Critical Northwest | Granted Artwork
Granite Falls, Washington

Get this installation at your next event or festival! Open for commission, installation nationally. Please email Caitlin.Pontrella@gmail.com

Conscious conversation is the cornerstone of deep community. If we can create spaces where people feel safe to be vulnerable, and then go the step further to ask the difficult questions and 'do the work'--we can support one another in making leaps forward in our healing and personal growth.

Joseph Campbell, in the Power of Myth, writes about how all human stories ultimately have the same threads and themes running through them. Our individual stories (and personal myths) can have powerful holds over our lives--stories of joy and sorrow, triumph and shame, love, and anger. They influence how we show up and the impact we can make. When we share those stories, and see ourselves reflected back in other peoples stories, we are able to connect more deeply to our humanity, heal our trauma, and deepen our own empathy with others.

The Conversation Bar reflects this desire to share our personal stories more freely, and to be met by love in the sharing. Even just having a place to post anonymously our story can be incredibly healing. Whether through conversation or writing, The Conversation Bar is trying to connect people through story telling.

Project: Interactive Installation
Materials: Plywood
Status: Built-Available for Use, Seattle local.
Role: Design/Build

INSTALLATION HISTORY

2022 July
Critical Northwest
Granite Falls, Washington

2019 September
The Very Long Table Fest with Equinox Studios
Georgetown, Seattle, Washington

2019 August
Lusio Festival with Lusio Lights
Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington

2019 July
Critical Northwest with Ignition Northwest
Granite Falls, Washington

Bloom is a walking meditation and path of reflection, carved in a landscape of illuminated flowers. There are no tricks or dead ends. It is not about losing your way but centering yourself.

Each flower is hand folded with its own battery. Walkers are invited to take a light and light a flower in the labyrinth as they walk through—slowly bringing to life the space in the night.

Project: Interactive Installation
Materials: Origami Paper, LED diodes, 3V Lithium Batteries, Bamboo
Status: Retired
Role: Design/Build
Team: Aaron Woodward, Rebecca Brightly, Elizabeth Cunningham, Jackson Xiao, Tuline Kinaci, Chandler Stevens, Brandee Laird

INSTALLATION HISTORY

2019 December
Pathway of Lights Festival with Seattle City and Green Lake Community Center
Green Lake Park, Seattle, Washington

2019 November
Plantasia at WW Seymour Conservatory with Lusio Lights
Tacoma, Washington

2019 October
LusioLights at Volunteer Park Conservatory with Lusio Lights
Volunteer Park, Seattle, Washington

2019 September
Luminata Festival with Fremont Arts Council
Green Lake Park, Seattle, Washington

Get this installation at your next event or festival! Open for commission, installation nationally. Please email Caitlin.Pontrella@gmail.com

Storyspace was a temporary light art installation and intimate space for creating meaningful, conscious conversation and story sharing.

Conscious conversation is the cornerstone of deep community. If we can create spaces where people feel safe to be vulnerable, and then go the step further to ask the difficult questions and 'do the work'--we can support one another in making leaps forward in our healing and personal growth.

Joseph Campbell, in the Power of Myth, writes about how all human stories ultimately have the same threads and themes running through them. Our individual stories (and personal myths) can have powerful holds over our lives--stories of joy and sorrow, triumph and shame, love, and anger. They influence how we show up and the impact we can make. When we share those stories, and see ourselves reflected back in other peoples stories, we are able to connect more deeply to our humanity, heal our trauma, and deepen our own empathy with others.

Storyspace reflects this desire to share our personal stories more freely, and to be met by love in the sharing. Even just having a place to post anonymously our story can be incredibly healing. Whether through conversation or writing, The Storyspace is trying to connect people through story telling.

Project: Event Interactive Light Art Installation in Public Park apart of the Critical Northwest Week-long Art Festival
Materials: PVC, Galvanized Steel, Flagging Tape, LED Strip Lighting & Floods, Plywood, Paint
Status: Built, Complete
Role: Design & Installation
Team: Aaron Woodward, Tuline Kinaci, Jackson Xiao, Katherine Tole, Matthew Tole
Sponsoring Organization: Ignition Northwest.
Cost: $1500
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: July 2019

Grant Recipient

POPUP Public is a flexible and tolerant playscape--we welcome people of ALL AGES to come and make a place for their hobbies and interests in our space, and to share those passions with others.  We believe that these passions, which perhaps exert vastly different energies and trajectories, can co-exist together and even make each other better because of it--and that our space, abstract and sturdy, can hold up to that task.

At the end of the season, POPUP Public will be broken into smaller sets and distributed into to local gyms, community centers, and schools to be used as playgrounds, workout equipment, and leisure space.

Project: Seasonal Interactive Installation on Public Land
Materials: Timber, Galvanized Steel, Marine Fabric
Status: Built, Complete
Role: Design & Installation
Partners: The Movement Creative, Spontaenous Interventions, The Trust for Governors Island
Cost: $7,500
Location: Governors Island, NYC
Date: May-Oct 2016

Each month the Pop-up Playground was reconfigured in collaboration with local community members and site users.

Project: Seasonal Interactive Installation on Public Land
Materials: Galvanized Steel
Status: Built, Complete
Role: Design & Installation
Partners: The Movement Creative, Spontaneous Interventions, The Trust for Governors Island
Cost: $2500
Location: Governors Island, NYC
Date: May-Oct 2016

In any city, Parks are an integral part of a happy and healthy city. They serve as the major gathering spaces for the public, serving as a place for citizens to converse, reflect, perform, and play.

POPUP Parklet is a modular, mobile park system. Each module has the same footprint but presents a different experience one might find in the park.  You can choose any number of different Parklet pieces and reconfigure them to fit any space.

While all the traditional elements of a park are present, from lawn you can lounge on, to benches and ‘message’ (display) boards, there are also more playful elements including hammock netting, chalkboard & chalk, decking with yoga mats, and an adult sized jungle gym for hanging and light movement.

Project: Exhibition Installation
Materials: Wood, Galvanized Steel, Turf, Cotton Fabric
Status: Unbuilt / Competition Finalist
Team: Studio Madefor
Role: Design, Rendering & Proposal
Projected Budget: $5,500
Date: 2017

Exhibition installation & social space for an innovation conference.

It is a winding labyrinth of decisions, each step leading to the next, alludes to a life journey of self-discovery: We sometimes get lost temporarily find ourselves at dead ends, but ultimately we are capable of finding our way. From the top of the center dome, participants are able to sit and look back on their journey, reflecting on the path it took to reach the pinnacle.

Proposal for a temporary art installation at Burning Man 2017. Both initial renderings & revisions included.

A wood cribbing styled maze designed for movement and meditation. Citizens of Black Rock are open to choose the path they take towards the center, whether it be by following the long walking channel laid out or finding their own path navigating over the top of the walls.

Project: Interactive Art Installation
Status: Invited Finalist, Unbuilt
Collaborators: Anrai Richardson, Leila Noone, Jesse Danger
Projected Cost: $18,600
Location: Black Rock Desert, AZ
Date: 2017

Project: Temporary Installation, Public Streets
Status: Built
Team: The Movement Creative
Role: Design, Installation, Programming
Cost: $3,100
Location: Foley Square, NYC
Date: August 2016
Clients: NYC Department of Transportation, Brooklyn Boulders Foundation, Adaptive Climbing Group

Can we create an obstacle course where an adult with the full command of their body can run alongside a participant in a wheelchair or with a prosthetic... and both be able to have a physically challenging and engaging experience?

In collaboration with ACG, the Adaptive Climbing Course is an all-ages, all-abilities, wheel-chair accessible 'pop-up' obstacle course.  Each element in the course is designed to be easily modified for the user if necessary, with safety and rigging systems designed into many of the more complex obstacles.

The challenge wasn't just about creating an accessible play space, but an inclusive one as well. Accessible play experiences enable individuals in wheelchairs to use the equipment and maneuver safely. Inclusive play experiences go beyond and provide opportunities for individuals of all abilities to interact and play together.

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Project: Leica SL Camera Launch Event Installation
Status: Complete
Team: The Movement Creative
Date: 2016
Client: Leica Camera AG

Set design for the Leica SL product launch event, with a focus on creating a steel form that provides strong visual frames and apertures for photographic compositions.

Project: Undergraduate Thesis - Redesign of Morningside Park
Date: 2012

Rendering Collaboration: Anrai Richardson & Timothy Gale