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Year
  
1990 (1990)

Type
  
Sculpture

Friendship Circle

Artist
  
Lee Kelly Michael Stirling

Medium
  
Stainless steel, digital audio

Location
  
Portland, Oregon, United States

Friendship Circle is a collaborative art installation by American artist Lee Kelly and musician Michael Stirling, located in Portland, Oregon's Tom McCall Waterfront Park, in the United States. The installation features a stainless steel sculpture with two 20-foot towers, designed by Kelly, and a 35-minute score composed by Stirling. It celebrates the sister city relationship between Portland and Sapporo, Japan.

Description and history

Friendship Circle was commissioned and installed in 1990. According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the sculpture's two structures measure 22 feet (6.7 m) × 8 feet (2.4 m) and 24 feet (7.3 m) × 9 feet (2.7 m), respectively.

References

Friendship Circle Wikipedia