Administered by City of Seattle Seattle Arts Commission 312 1st Avenue North Seattle Washington 98109
Located Piers 62/63 Alaskan Way at Pine Street Seattle Washington
Date:
Commissioned 1989. 1991
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 96.
Image on file.
Seattle Arts Commission's "Fieldguide to Seattle's Public Art", 1991, pg. 96-97.
(On fence, painted in orange letters:) WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST? WHO IS HOUSED? WHO IS HEALED? WHO IS BORN TO LOSE? WHO MAKES HISTORY? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHAT DISAPPEARS? WHAT REMAINS? WHO DECIDES? WHO DOES THE CRIME? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO SPEAKS? WHO IS SILENT? WHO CONTROLS WHO?
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Summary:
170 panels of chain link fence border the perimeter of a public pier.