Friday, September 16, 2022

Basel, Switzerland: Tinguely Fountain

This used to be the place where Basel's city theater existed. Artist Jean Tinguely decided to give the story a bit of a twist in 1977.

He came up with a piece of art that set several machines in a fountain. The 10 items are always on, and interacting with each other in some way. The idea is that the machines are mimicking the actors who used to perform on this very spot. 

It's all quite clever and appropriate. Tinguely has a museum of his work elsewhere in Basel, and has another fountain in Paris. 

A video is definitely in order here. 

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