THERE IS AN ANCIENT ALIEN BEACON DISGUISED as a fountain in Downtown Minneapolis' LaSalle Plaza at 800 LaSalle Avenue. Well, perhaps this isn't the case. But it sure looks like it, with the strange motherboard-like square shapes printed on the base of the cylindrical copper sculpture like some ancient language.
The 28-floor LaSalle Plaza building, built by Ellerbe Becket, the largest architectural firm in Minnesota, houses The Historic State Theater, the Palomino Restaurant, YMCA, the LaSalle Apartments, as well as the other Skyway Fun installation Top Hat.
The fountain is an impressive yet relaxing display, all the way from the mirror and space-scape installation painted on the second-floor ceiling to the fountain's collecting pool on the main floor. The collecting pool may not look like anything impressive at first, but it's quite interesting -- it looks like the water falls right off the edge of the pool, as if it disappears on to the next universe. Pity it is set off from the main drag in LaSalle's corridor. But it does help with the feeling that you've discovered a forgotten oasis and an ancient treasure.
It's as if the fountain represents something landing on Earth from space. I would love to find out more about this piece, as there is no plaque nearby telling who the artist is, or even an artist's statement for this distinct skyway art.
If you have information you could contribute, please let me know. I am very curious to find out more about this particular piece.
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