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Jury Pool by Sean Healy
Photo CreditHealy Thurston
Jury Pool
Photo CreditHealy Thurston

Jury Pool

Artist
Year2006
Classification architectural arts
Medium glass
Dimensionseach glass panel: 112 x 47 in. (284.5 x 119.4 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Jury Pool is a dynamic expression of the community and ethnography of southern Oregon that artist Sean Healy realized physically as an architectural element within the courthouse in Eugene.  In this work, Healy celebrates the role of the citizen in the judicial process.  Across the expanse of glass that forms the entryway to the jury-assembly area, Healy has affixed an array of colorful, round glass disks, each etched with a portrait.  Healy interviewed 108 randomly selected people who resided in the judicial district served by the courthouse, drew their likenesses, and asked them to name their favorite colors and favorite places in Oregon.  He then translated these preferences into visual form: the colors of the disks and the Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates etched in the clear glass correspond to each person’s response.  A map of the state installed on a nearby wall indicates with dots that correspond to the color disks the favorite locations mentioned by the people who the artist surveyed.