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Two bronze figures standing atop Indiana limestone blocks dominate
the fountain outside the Student Activities Center at IU South Bend.
Designed by IUSB fine arts professor Harold “Tuck” Langland, the
seven-foot-high figures depict a man and woman who are reaching
out to one another. They are joined by a thin bronze ribbon stretching
across a gurgling pool as if one figure is helping the other across
troubled waters.
Leading up to the fountain, 20 chunks of various sized Indiana
limestone form a curving arc through the mall. According to Langland,
the rocks, which were selected from a Bloomington quarry, look as
if some superior prehistoric shaman laid them in place.
The idea for the series of rocks that define the fountain and its
setting developed on a trip to Carnac, on the coast of France, said
Langland. The area is known for huge, megalithic rocks left from
a prehistoric time that some scholars say rival the design of Stonehenge.
The original purpose of the stones are unknown but are believed
to have been used in some way to study the stars and sun.
Tuck Langland with the project model
Langland is also known for his sculpture of Herman B Wells on the
Bloomington campus.
Wells
sculpture
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