Fremont scuplture gets war-themed update/ Seattle P-I

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/173652_clob117.html



Monday, May 17, 2004

Fremont scuplture gets war-themed update

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF

The figures in Fremont's "Waiting for the Interurban" sculpture were hooded yesterday, a reference to the recent prison-abuse photos from the war in Iraq.

A witness said the hoods were placed on the statues around noon. A chair next to the sculpture was also wired with jumper cables to look like an implement of torture, and a sign was duct-taped to a statue's leg announcing weekly peace vigils at Green Lake.

At one such vigil yesterday afternoon, about 120 protesters carried signs, and four wore black hoods similar to those placed on the Fremont sculpture. Organizers also stuck more than 700 small white crosses in the ground to represent the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since the war began.

(more, cool picture of the sculpture too)

Anything happening with Hammering Man ?

30' tall.

Might be able to wire it up though...Hmmm. Seriously, the last time anyone did anything artsy with the Hammering Man, (someone attached a ball and chain to an ankle), he was arrested. Apparently, the Seattle Art Museum doesn't have a good sense of humor.

Love the Freemont area.

The ideas this gives me! :)

Bravo, Seattle!