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Ciara
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#SilentSunday

Short version: jets of water from a fountain in front of an historic building. Fuller description: right in front of us, hundreds of thin jets of water are bouncing up into the air at varying heights – one, two and three metres. They shoot up at intervals from wide circles embedded in the ground – people stand and play in the spaces in-between, betting on when and where the water will hit. If you squint, you can just make out a child sitting on the ground inside one wall of jets. This is the Endless Connection fountain by artist Jeppe Hein on the harbour promenade in Aarhus, Denmark. Rising up beyond, old and new city buildings. Prominent: ’Toldboden’, the former customs house, built by the world-famous-in-Denmark royal architect Hack Kampmann in 1897. An ornate landmark listed redbrick building. Its turrets and spires stand out against a dramatic sky – a cloudburst is imminent. Black and grey clouds are swirling in, big and low, leaving one distinctive overly bright white clear stripe on the horizon. The mood of the scene, to me: sinister and playful.