Stravinsky Fountain
The Stravinsky Fountain, also called Tinguely Fountain is a fountain in the Igor Stravinsky - Square ( Place Igor Stravinski ) at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He was together with his partner, the French artist Niki de Saint Phalle, designed by the Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely and executed 1982/83.
Description
Named after Igor Stravinsky fountain is made up of 16 movable and water-spouting individual sculptures, (3600 × 1650 × 35 cm ) are distributed in a huge pool of water. Your design refers to the most important compositions of the Russian musician. Each of the two artists brought one of his own handwriting: Tinguely developed black technical machine sculptures made of iron, Saint Phalle designed colorful mythical creatures and Nana, their typical plump female figures. These two poles form an exciting contrast and at the same time a unit playful and cheerful.
Formation
In 1983, " begat a fountain another well ", as the composer Pierre Boulez put it. Boulez was convinced only Tinguely's magic water games could give the dreary, named after Igor Stravinsky Square next to the Centre Pompidou in Paris to life, under which the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique de / Musique ( IRCAM ) hides.
Tinguely was commissioned to paint only on the condition that his partner Niki de Saint Phalle could work with him. As a second reason, he called: "I 've made , because I am in love with Madame Pompidou. " He was of the opinion that it is in need of design through color and form his wife to a harmonious " visual along with its dark black machine designs produce flow " between the futuristic, colorful buildings, the Centre Pompidou, on the one hand and the gray, gloomy, gothic facade of the Church Saint- Merri on the other side.
When making, there were some technical problems, due to the location, shaped the design of the fountain complicated. To reduce the weight, Tinguely's sculptures were constructed of aluminum, Niki de Saint Phalle those of lighter fiberglass and polyester. The water level of the pool was kept as low as possible.
The music of composer Igor Stravinsky, which is closely connected with the dance and with Russian folk and fairy tales, offered the two artists a rich thematic repertoire. The resulting fountain resembles the colorful pages of a Russian children's book. Selected as the composer instruments form from the sounds of the water patterns that emerge from the sculptures in bewildering variety.
On 19 June 1983, the celebrations were held at the Museum of Modern Art for the dedication of the fountain.