Kalakala Art Concepts
Using salvaged pieces of the Kalakala Ferry
purchased by the City of Kirkland

 Background
• 2015 Pieces purchased by City of Kirkland
• 2017 hired four artists to develop concepts using the salvaged pieces
• January 31, 2018 public open house at Kirkland Performance Center
to reveal art concepts and have public conversations with artists

 Paul Reimer
The artist proposes to
combine salvaged parts with
new materials to create an
accessible interactive multilevel structure that visitors
climb aboard.

 Rhiza A + D
Architecture +
Design
Interpreting the rebirth of
the Kalakala (from the
remnants of the Peralta),
the word Kalakala,
translating to “bird’ in
Chinook, along with avian
and aquatic references,
the artists reuse salvage
and new materials to
create The Kalakala: Flying
Bridge. The wheelhouse
structure is contained in
the bird sculpture/bridge.

 Rik Allen
The artist’s concept is to
create a vertically oriented
or ‘launch’ representation
of the Kalakala using
salvaged and new materials,
with attention to the
original ferry’s styling
“…now fitted for a future
ferrying toward space.”

 Brent Bukowski
Using all of the salvaged parts along with sourced
marine components and materials, the artist intends
to depict zones to scale on each of the four decks of
the original ferry that can be combined or individually
located on grade.