''Wind Fence'' is an outdoor sculpture by

Ned Kahn Ned Kahn is an environmental artist and sculptor, known in particular for museum exhibits he has built for the Exploratorium in San Francisco. His works usually intend to capture an invisible aspect of nature and make it visible. Early life Kahn ...

, installed on the north side of the

Lillis Business Complex The Lillis Business Complex (LCB) is a building on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. It is home to the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business (thus the LCB acronym for the Complex),. The complex consists of four buildings; the ...

on the

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campus in

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, 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

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program.

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Wind Fence
at the Public Art Archive Aluminum sculptures in Oregon Outdoor sculptures in Eugene, Oregon University of Oregon campus {{Oregon-sculpture-stub