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''Korean Temple Bell'', part of the sound installation by composer Robert Coburn called ''Bell and Wind Environment'' (along with ''
Bell Circles II ''Bell Circles II'', also known as ''Sapporo Friendship Bell'' and part of the sound installation by composer Robert Coburn called ''Bell and Wind Environment'' (along with ''Korean Temple Bell''), is an outdoor bronze bell by an unknown Japanese ...
''), is an outdoor bronze bell by an unknown Korean artist, housed in a brick and granite pagoda outside the
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in
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, United States.


History

The temple bell was gifted by the people of
Ulsan, South Korea Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...
, and dedicated on January 11, 1989. It cost $59,000 and was funded through the Convention Center's One Percent for Art program and by private donors. According to the
Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...
, some residents raised concerns about the bell's religious symbolism and its placement outside a public building. It was surveyed by the Smithsonian's "
Save Outdoor Sculpture! Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) was a community-based effort to identify, document, and conserve outdoor sculpture in the United States. The program was initiated in 1989 and ended in 1999. History Save Outdoor Sculpture! was initiated by Herit ...
" program in July 1993, though its condition was undetermined.


See also

* 1989 in art *
History of Korean Americans in Portland, Oregon According to ''Willamette Week'', "Though the first home of Portland's Korean immigrants was Gresham in the '60s, the 'Tron's manufacturing boom in the late '70s brought a wave of Korean immigrants to Beaverton in the Cedar Hills and downtown area ...
* '' Host Analog'' (1991) and '' The Dream'' (1998), also located outside the Oregon Convention Center * ''Liberty Bell'' (Portland, Oregon) *
Victory Bell (University of Portland) The Victory Bell refers to two bells used by the University of Portland at sporting and other events. The original bell is installed outside the Chiles Center, and a new one was cast in 2012. Victory Bell, University of Portland (2018) - 2.jpg, ...


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Sister city gives bell
(January 13, 1989), ''Eugene Register-Guard''
Bells to stay despite Christian objections
(November 28, 1990), ''The Bulletin''
Bell of Sisterhood, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon
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