Crown Fountain

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Crown Fountain is an interactive public art installation in Chicago featuring twin glass brick towers that project video images of local residents and periodically spout water onto a shallow reflecting pool.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fountain
interactive artwork
public art installation
architecturalCollaborationWith Krueck + Sexton Architects
artist Jaume Plensa
commissionedBy City of Chicago
commissionedFor Millennium Park public art program
cost approximately 17 million US dollars
country United States
designer Jaume Plensa
donor Crown family
feature faces that appear to spout water
shallow black granite reflecting pool
two glass brick towers
video images of Chicago residents
hasComponent LED video screens
reflecting pool
underground mechanical room
water jets
height 15.2 meters
50 feet
inaugurationYear 2004
locatedIn Chicago
Illinois
United States
location Millennium Park
material glass brick
granite
steel
namedAfter Crown family
near Michigan Avenue
The Art Institute of Chicago
numberOfTowers 2
openingDate 2004
operationalSeason warm months
operationalStatusInWinter water turned off
partOf Millennium Park art collection
popularActivity children playing in water
subjectOf public art criticism
tourism promotion for Chicago
theme community participation
human face
interaction between people and urban space
touristAttraction yes
usesTechnology LED video display
computer-controlled water system
digital video projection
waterDepth approximately 0.5 inches
approximately 1.27 centimeters


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