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Mechanical Water Clock

Will Jackson and Tim Hunkin (b.1950)

North Parade, Southwold, Suffolk

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The sculpture was developed as a water recycling project. An animated performance occurs with the chimes of the clock. At the top is a clock, and underneath are two figures in a bath of water, and below that two men wearing pants beside a flushing toilet. At the bottom is a tub with flowers. In addition to the bath watering the flowers, on the hour and half-hour the two men let down their pants and pee into the toilet (missing in high winds). The clock sits in an open tank – or pond – of water. Originally scrapped, it was spotted and reinstated by the owners of Southwold Pier.
Title

Mechanical Water Clock

Date

1998

Medium

recyled copper water cylinders

Measurements

H 250 x W 200 x D 200 cm (E)

Accession number

IP18_TJ_S091

Acquisition method

Thames Water in 1998, Iredale family for Southwold pier 2001 

Work type

Water fountain, trough or pump

Owner

Southwold Pier

Custodian

Southwold Pier

Work status

extant

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

pier opening times apply

Inscription description

on board at bottom of sculpture: THE CLOCK WAS MADE IN 1998 AS A TEMPORARY FEATURE ABOUT WATER RECYCLING SPONSORED BY THAMES WATER. WATER IS PUMPED TO THE TOP OF THE CLOCK FROM THE POND. WATER GRADUALLY FILLS THE BATH AND THEN OVERFLOWS & WATERS THE FLOWERS. THE FIGURES AND CHIMES ARE POWERED BY WATER FROM THE BATH. ALL THE COPPER COMES FROM OLD HOT WATER CYLINDERS. ORIGINALLY THE ESCAPEMENT WAS WATER POWERED BUT IT WAS RATHER UNRELIABLE SO NOW ITS ELECTRIC. THE CLOCK'S ESCAPEMENT OPENS A VALVE TO EMPTY THE BATH. THE CLOCK WAS MADE BY WILL JACKSON & TIM HUNKIN. TRY TIM'S SLOT MACHINES ALSO ON THE PIER.

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Located at

North Parade, Southwold

IP18 6BN

Southwold Pier.