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Wind Fence

sculpture in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ21196705 ↗
Source-derived summary

Wind Fence is an outdoor sculpture by Ned Kahn, installed on the north side of the Lillis Business Complex on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is composed of panels of small aluminum flaps, suspended in the air, which are allowed to freely move in the wind. The design reveals the invisible passage of wind through the fence. It was funded by the State of Oregon as part of the statewide Percent for Art program.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Wind Fence” as sculpture in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Wind, Fence and sculpture.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current 80-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Wind, Fence and sculpture providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Wind Fence”, the useful work is to connect “sculpture in Eugene, Oregon, U.S” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21196705. Authority coordinates are 44.046, -123.077. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Wind Fence primary sources, Wind Fence archive and Wind research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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This entry incorporates text from “Wind Fence” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.