Crown Fountain is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Millennium Park, which is in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, it opened in July 2004.The fountain is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed between a pair of glass brick towers. The towers are 50 feet (15.2 m) tall, and they use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to display digital videos of Chicago residents, as well as those of natural scenes. Construction and design of the Crown Fountain cost $17 million.Throughout most of the warmer months, water intermittently cascades down the two towers and spouts through a nozzle located on each tower's front face.

Residents and critics have praised the fountain for its artistic and entertainment features.It highlights Plensa's themes of dualism, light, and water, extending the use of video technology from his prior works.The fountain is a public play area and offers people an escape from summer heat, allowing children to frolic in the fountain's water. Weather permitting, the water operates from May 1 to approximately October 31.

The faces of 1,000 Chicagoans are projected on giant screens one at a time. At the end of each person's display, they purse their lips and water shoots out of their mouths.



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