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(this post was reblogged from jmohan)
Crown Fountain raises the bar for public art in an almost singular way. Most public art consists of objects sited within a particular space or environment for public contemplation. The degree to which the public actually interacts with this work is largely cerebral. Jaume Plensa’s fountain poses a more visceral approach to public art, blurring the line between the object and the public.
WHAT’S GOING ON? - DAWOUD BEY’S BLOG: Communal Spaces for A Diverse Populace (via jmohan)
Man, I totally read this as “Clown Fountain” for a good minute and a half, and got all excited about some new circus-y nightmare fountain being put up somewhere. I guess I’ll have to keep settling for shit fountain.
