Our objective is to create an iconic and unique public art experience, that will attract new visitors regionally and from all over the USA to Charleston – to experience COR TEMPUS in action and enjoy the new HEART PARK.
COR TEMPUS – (The Heart of Time) will be a Kinetic Time and Sound Sculpture set in a heart shaped path in Charleston’s new ‘Heart Park’. Visitors will also be able to create their own song at the sculpture with the Cor Tempus App.
COR TEMPUS will be a 23ft (7m) tall heart-shaped sculpture landmark that functions both as a kinetic timekeeper & clock. The polished surfaces of the two inner ‘hearts’ rotate on their vertical axis, the smallest one for the seconds and the middle one for the minutes – thus displaying the time.
On each full hour, the sculpture automatically aligns to 3 consecutively smaller hearts. It stops for one full minute in this position, providing a great opportunity for selfies and group photos – before the two interior hearts slowly return to their correct time and continue their timely revolutions. Also, each full hour, the sculpture sounds a beautiful chime, indicating the hour at hand.
The sculpture symbolizes the shared rhythm of Charleston life – a collective heartbeat that marks not just minutes and hours, but the moments that couples, locals and visitors, as well as the entire community experience shared time and being together.
The new HEART PARK & PATH will be a central meeting place, designed to activate downtown where locals and visitors can enjoy the landmark and even create their own new song. The path is approximately 90 meters in length (or 125 steps), so 10 laps make about 1,250 steps or roughly 1 kilometer. Lighting for the sculpture and trees at night will make the park more noticeable, inviting, and safe.
The Charleston COR TEMPUS (CT) WEBSITE (the APP) will allow visitors to compose their own song and receive a personalized keepsake track through the CT APP. When a visitor scans the QR code near the sculpture and enters their information, the app creates a custom song based on their personal details, such as their name and favorite genre, making each musical experience unique. Each song also features Charleston’s name and the date of the visit and visitors can revisit their unique musical/visual experience in Charleston many times, as well as share it with others via social media, along with their own photos and videos of their Charleston visit.