Fountain looks like human heart spewing blood

The heart box: world's goth-iest fountain? Video, and the sculpture is by artist Billy Chasen. According to the YouTube metadata, this work was displayed at a recent American Heart Association gala in NYC. (thanks, Siege!)

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heydemann3

I like the way the kid was just fascinated.
Knife Knut

you are correct mbourgon.
Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

Also, to state the obvious, only some of the attached plumbing should be doing output.

Still, way cool. Far more amusing than a kidney or spleen.
mbourgon

Isn’t that anatomically incorrect? I thought it was that one half pumped, then the other. This is the entire thing at once.
Lauren O

My mother is helping to organize the San Francisco version of that gala. I will tell her to get on the heart fountain right away.
slates81

I want this in my living room.
IWood

I would like to see that in the middle of a black-tie gala…without the box around it.