Artist’s fire barrel emits faux heat but all proceeds go to warm up DESC

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Britta Johnson’s fire barrel sculpture plays a 20-second video of flames for a quarter. It will be on display at 4Culture at 101 Prefontaine Pl. S. on Dec. 1 for the First Thursday Art Walk. Photo courtesy of Britta Johnson

Artist’s fire barrel emits faux heat but all proceeds go to warm up DESC

by Prince Wang | November 16th, 2016

A visit to Pioneer Square on the first Thursday in December will reveal something that looks like it came straight out of a movie: a fire barrel. But instead of producing real flames to keep people warm, this sculpture plays a stop-motion video of a fire on...