Detail View: SHIMMER: The Sound Cylinder

Title: 
The Sound Cylinder
Caption: 
View of an entrance with water channels
Creation Date: 
1987
Image Date: 
1990
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Paris
Country: 
FRANCE
Material: 
concrete , water
Display Creator: 
LEITNER, Bernhard
Terms: 
Grands projets
Image ID: 
90-2956
Description: 
Location: Parc de La Villette, Paris 19e. Google maps < https://goo.gl/maps/rAfjE > . The cylindrical chamber has hollow walls through which water passes over various obstacles. The sound crewated is amplified by the shape of the walls and reverberates inside the chamber.
Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Image Storage Location: 
http://helios.shu.ac.uk/90-2956.JPG
Photographed by: 
Dave Ball
Creator: 
LEITNER, Bernhard
Creator Dates - Born: 
1938
Creator Role: 
Architect and sculptor.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
Austrian.
Subject Heading: 
Public art -- France -- Paris
Subject Heading: 
Parc de La Villette (Paris, France)
Subject Heading: 
Parks -- France -- Paris
Subject Heading: 
Sound sculpture
Subject Heading: 
Fountains