Friendship Circle | |
Type: | Sculpture |
Material: | Stainless steel, digital audio |
Metric Unit: | m |
Imperial Unit: | ft |
City: | Portland, Oregon, United States |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Coordinates: | 45.5265°N -122.6703°W |
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.
Friendship Circle was commissioned and installed in 1990.[1] [2] According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the sculpture's two structures measure 22feet × 8feet and 24feet × 9feet, respectively.[1]