Look around your city. Somewhere, a static horse carries a forgotten general — frozen in bronze, reduced to a pedestal for someone else’s legacy. What happens when the horse breaks free from that role and claims its own identity? What if it represents no single horse, but a curated composite drawn from countless unnamed stand-ins — the stunt doubles history never credited?

Launching in the Year of the Horse, The Flatland Horse introduces a new spatial dialogue to the Seattle urbanscape through a two-part interactive installation. Working in CNC-cut plywood, the project sets equine silhouette against abstract geometry — familiar yet estranged, monumental yet approachable.

The Gate Horse rises as a monumental archway, visually reframing the surrounding city through its negative space. The Slide Horse activates the ground plane through an integrated slide and a tactile field of soft materials. Designed for all generations, The Flatland Horse invites festival-goers to climb, touch, and linger — transforming utilitarian public space into a shared arena for imagination.