Peter Wegner

100,000 Decisions

Everything’s a decision. So I started with a simple binary: a black card or a white one. From a distance, this installation reads as a smooth gradient. Up close, it’s a different story. Embedded in the wall of the Palo Alto Public Safety Building, where the work is meant to acknowledge the split-second, life-or-death decisions made by first responders.

100,000 Decisions die-cut high impact polystyrene (180,000 pcs) in shadowbox with powdercoated aluminum

100,000 Decisions (detail), 2025

100,000 Decisions (detail), 2025

100,000 Decisions (detail), 2025

100,000 Decisions (detail), 2025

100,000 Decisions (detail), 2025