Babies turned into swords of Damocles; what might they become? The Indonesian artist who created these white resin cast sculptures dangling from the ceiling, of swaddled babies with bayonets sticking out of the bottoms of their blankets, is named Harris Purnomo. He has said, "Each Indonesian child, newly born, carries the burden and debts of our past deeds... There is something good in thinking an apprehended thief is sent to jail, but it is more significant to ensure that children will not become thieves."

Purnomo's babies—their baby faces carved with tattoos—comprise an installation called Visitation, first seen in 2009 in Jakarta. Later that year, after Joseph Roberts of Seattle's Center on Contemporary Art came upon Purnomo's work at a Miami art fair, Roberts brought Visitation to be displayed in a split version in two smaller locations in Seattle, one in Belltown, another in Ballard.

Now the installation will be seen in its stabby, unnerving entirety, starting tonight, in the exhibition space of a Seattle marketing/design company called Plume21. It's kind of a weird venue, and the art seems like it could go either way given what I've seen and read. But it's worth finding out. Details are here; doors open at 6 pm and the "unveiling" is at 8:10, CoCA says.