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This sculpture by Susanna Heron sits in a wall at the change in levels between Priory Gardens and Priory Place in Coventry. The architecture is by MJP Architects (founded 1972), with landscape architecture by Rummey Associates (founded 2000). First seen from the garden on the upper level, the window acts as an ear to the sounds of the waterfall on the other side. Viewers see the copper wall and waterfall fully from Priory Place, and at times a patch of sunlight falls through the window to float on the falling water. The splash from the waterfall is continuously recorded in the build-up of green patina on the copper panels, evolving and changing over time to form a water-sensitive drawing. Susanna Heron has said that a public work of art ‘does not exist in isolation nor is it cocooned in an anodyne space.
Title
Waterwindow
Date
1998–2003
Medium
copper, water, stone, light & sound
Accession number
CV1_SH_S005
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Phoenix Initiative, a Millennium Urban Regeneration Scheme
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Priory Place Rtm Company
Custodian
Priory Place Rtm Company
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Priory Place, Hales Street, Coventry
CV1 5EP
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