ROAD TO NOWHERE

Road to Nowhere is an artist book commemorating the last days and demolition of the Alaska Way Viaduct, the iconic elevated highway that ran along the waterfront edge of Seattle from 1953-2019. The book makes creative use of a double-sided accordion design to present two final chapters of the Viaduct’s legacy as it was unwoven from the built fabric of the city.

The unbound structure of the book allows for two separate sides to be experienced. As the viewer moves through one side’s page spreads, they also move through the city’s layered skyline all framed by the ever-present Viaduct. Turn the book over however, and the viewer moves through a sequence of darker monochromatic pictures, gritty, abstract, and frenetic, of the demolition of the Viaduct. Pull the book’s page spreads out and these two sequences become long panoramic vistas.

Ultimately, Road to Nowhere is a visual reminder of these vistas and the structure, now part of the city's collective history.

30 pages / 8.5x10.5 inches
Full Color, Hardcover Self-published, Fall 2021
Printed & Bound by Girlie Press, Seattle WA.
Limited Edition of 175