Heart of Reeds
Artist: Chris Drury

What:
Heart of Reeds is an installation, taking the cross section of the human heart as its inspiration, in Lewes, England on the former railway sidings now reclaimed and designated as an important urban fringe Local Nature Reserve. In consultation with the Lewes Railway Land Wildlife Trust and Lewes District Council, a reed bed has been designed as an area of water, reeds, islands and earth mounds; a living land sculpture visible in its entirety from the adjoining hill, but with access via board walks into the reed bed itself.The "double vortex" will be divided down the middle by the board walk. A system of sluices will enable water levels to be raised or lowered so the flow of spring water is constantly flushed through the reeds and out into the water meadows.

So What:
The piece combines art, science and technology
Reclaims an industrialized site adjacent to a nature preserve
Uses form to convey the idea of heart flow
Sculpted landscape that appears organic and natural against the utilitarian form of the town
Natural materials

http://www.heartofreeds.org.uk/index.htm