NINE LIVES 2013

Fire Station #9, Seattle, WA

Inspired by the iconic Eveready Battery logo depicting a stylized black cat with a lightning-bolt tail jumping through the number 9, Nine Lives expands this graphic image into a giant three-dimensional cat that appears to be stepping off of the firehouse roof. Nine Lives was recognized in 2013 by the Americans for the Arts - Public Art Network as one of the year’s outstanding public art projects nationwide.

Powdercoated aluminum, glass, LED light

Seattle Office of Arts and Culture and the Seattle Fire Department

Fire Station #9 was designed by Mithun Partners, Seattle, WA

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The twenty-foot cat with a lightning bolt tail has faces on both sides and appears to follow passers-by.

The twenty-foot cat with a lightning bolt tail has faces on both sides and appears to follow passers-by.

He appears to be stepping off of the firehouse roof ready to join his fire fighting crew on their next life-saving mission.

He appears to be stepping off of the firehouse roof ready to join his fire fighting crew on their next life-saving mission.

Glass eyes, illuminated by LED lights, glow after dark.

Glass eyes, illuminated by LED lights, glow after dark.

Masked Cat

Masked Cat

Photo by Joe O’Malley