Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR)

Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR) is the largest in Prince’s Remnant Relationships. 12,000 feet of used red ratchet straps were donated by artist collective SuttonBeresCuller (SBC) and reclaimed to make the five sections of this multi-component soft sculpture. Prince created these five components to be assembled and reassembled for each new installation, further investigating site-specificity and reuse.

Impermanent, 2022, red Sharpie on photography seamless, 80x105 inches. Impermanent is from Prince’s 1,000 Paintings of Love series, a sort of blueprint for RRSRR, the artist created both works simultaneously, fluidly working back and forth between them. This large-work on paper is made with non-archival materials and will degrade with time from the acids in both the Sharpie marker and photography seamless paper. Used photography seamless paper donated by photographer John Keatley and reclaimed to make this work.

Prince with her installation Shifting Ribbons (RRSRR5) in the Poetry Garden at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA 2025.

Ratchet straps, once tools of tension and compression, are transformed into flowing, lyrical forms that evoke rock strata, tree limbs, or ribbons of wind. Building upon previous versions of this artwork for Seattle Center. This fifth iteration softens and deepens the original with inscribed poetry.

This temporary public works commission was part of the 2025 Sculpture Walk through the City of Seattle, Office of Arts and Culture.

RRSRR4 was installed at Pier 69, Port of Seattle, Seattle, WA 2025.

Megan Prince: Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (Method Gallery, Seattle, WA 2023) featured the second iteration of RRSRR installed to engage the unique window perspective for interior and exterior views and gallery space, using the existing hard points. Photos by Mark Woods.

Megan Prince: Seeing Remnants in Life (KCLS, Kirkland Library, Kirkland, WA. 2023) featured the first iteration of RRSRR installed behind the circulation desk, using their existing hanging system, to create a linear installation measuring 92 x 339 inches. An exhibition in partnership with The Kirkland Arts Center and curated by Ellen McGivern. This project was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture. Photos by Mark Woods.