Documented artwork / interactive fountain / video sculpture
Crown Fountain
Credit as documented: Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa's Crown Fountain combines video portraits, water and a shallow granite pool in Chicago's Millennium Park. Two glass towers face one another across a public space where visitors can walk through the thin water layer. Portraits draw on recordings of 1,000 Chicago residents. The artist dates the work to 2004 and identifies the city's Public Art Program commission. Chicago's Public Building Commission describes seasonal water operation with images shown year-round. The artist's metric dimensions and the agency's imperial measurements are retained separately.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2004
- Materials
- glass, stainless steel, LED screens, light, wood, black granite, water
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Artist caption: two 16-metre towers, water sheet 70 × 14 metres, total surface 2,200 m². PBC: two 50-foot towers and pool 232 × 48 feet, with water 1/8 inch deep. Published figures differ; no exact conversion asserted.
- Dimensions apply to
- Published dimensions for this documented work; component scope and disagreements are retained. Not an installation or engineering specification.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2004
Millennium Park at Monroe Street and Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
- Site
- Millennium Park
- City
- Chicago
- Country
- United States
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
PBC describes water operating from mid-spring to mid-fall and images year-round; check the organizer for present operation.
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Sources
- jaumeplensa.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16
- jaumeplensa.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17
- www.pbcchicago.com ↗ · Checked 2026-10-16