EINSTEINFOUNTAIN

Welcome! Here you will find nice videos about the construction of the Einstein Fountain, about Einstein in the city of Leiden, and about me, the artist.

 

Einstein's physics was my inspiration for the Einstein Fountain. In this artwork, the water moves like light moves in a spinning black hole.

 

If you want to know more, I have three extras for you.

First of all, what is a black hole,

Secondly, how did the movement of light around it become a water artwork,

Third, what is General Relativity, and what does it have to do with the Einstein Fountain?

 

Have fun!

 

Vincent Icke

visual artist and theoretical astronomer