Original image by Wellington City Council
1. Bucket Fountain
Artist | Burren and Keen |
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Year | |
Location | Cuba Mall, between Dixon and Ghuznee |
Tour directions | Tour starts here |
"No, Mr. Frodo!"
Elijah Wood, who played Frodo in The Lord of the Rings movies, climbed on and urinated in the Bucket Fountain.
Sculpture background
A Wellington landmark, the Bucket Fountain (originally referred to as the "Water Mobile"), was erected in 1969 as a part of the Cuba Street pedestrian mall.
In a 1969 article in the magazine Designscape, the Bucket Fountain was maligned as:
"Admirable in concept, as something different and interesting, the mobile has not has the careful thinking out it obviously needs [...] with sporadic and sudden cascades of water often missing the bucket below, or hitting as it swings upside down, with resulting large splashes onto the pavement and roars of laughter from onlookers"
In November 2003, the Wellington City Council gave the Bucket Fountain a $9000 upgrade. This consisted of re-fibreglassing and repainting the buckets, sandblasting the frame, and cleaning and painting the pool.
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- Bucket Fountain Burren and Keen 1969 -41.292294 174.776338 /__data/assets/image/0005/1697/thumb-bucket-fountain.jpg Bucket Fountain /tours/courtenay/bucket-fountain
- Umbrella Peter Kundycki 1990 -41.291711 174.776592 /__data/assets/image/0004/1696/thumb-umbrella.jpg Umbrella /tours/courtenay/umbrella
- Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital Unknown 2002 -41.2914586 174.7768363 /__data/assets/image/0008/1700/thumb-sri-chinmoy-peace-capital.jpg Sri Chinmoy Peace Capital /tours/courtenay/sri-chinmoy-peace-capital
- Geometric Growth Guy Ngan 1974, Reinstalled 2006 -41.290287 174.778329 /__data/assets/image/0006/1698/thumb-geometric-growth.jpg Geometric Growth /tours/courtenay/geometric-growth
- Te Aro Park, Memorial Cairn Shona Davies 1988 -41.29212525 174.778208 /__data/assets/image/0007/1699/thumb-memorial-cairn.jpg Memorial Cairn /tours/courtenay/memorial-cairn
- Te Moana (The Sea) Logan Shipgood 1999 -41.29274144 174.7791324 /__data/assets/image/0010/1702/thumb-te-moana.jpg Te Moana /tours/courtenay/te-moana-the-sea
- Punga Peke Mike Murray 2000 -41.29307103 174.7800425 /__data/assets/image/0009/1701/thumb-punga-peke.jpg Punga Peke /tours/courtenay/punga-peke
- Tripod Weta Workshop 2005 -41.29414646 174.7834606 /__data/assets/image/0005/2003/thumb-tripod.jpg Tripod /tours/courtenay/tripod
- Queen Victoria Alfred Drury 1902-05 -41.29522819 174.7831907 /__data/assets/image/0004/2002/thumb-queen-victoria.jpg Queen Victoria /tours/courtenay/queen-victoria