Direct from its premiere at Arts Centre Melbourne, Brisbane Powerhouse hosts Kaleidoscope, the latest project from Melbourne installation artist Keith Courtney.
Scaling a deceptively simple device to epic proportions, Kaleidoscope is a world of constantly shifting illusions.
An immense artwork made from 700sqm of glass, steel, mirrors and moving prisms, visitors navigate a maze of corridors witnessing a slowly revolving display of light and colour. Motion and gravity are distorted and spaces fracture, surprising and disorienting the senses at every turn.
Drawing on the time-honoured charm and simplicity of the kaleidoscope to create a larger-than-life immersive symphony of light, colour and sound, this large-scale new immersive artwork has been designed to warm the heart and temper the soul.
Keith Courtney is one of the masterminds behind the acclaimed House of Mirrors and 1000 Doors. This latest work was developed in collaboration with visual artist Ash Keating, composer Tamil Rogeon and artist Samantha Slicer and a team of highly skilled technicians.
Courtney has a track record of delivering high-quality and immersive art projects in collaboration with major Australian festivals, international artists and venues. Previous work includes The Crosses, a series of inverted crucifixes perched across the Hobart waterfront for MONA’s 2018 Dark Mofo; Radiant Lines, produced in 2012 in collaboration with UK artist Asif Kahn; Stickwork in collaboration with American Artist Patrick Dougherty in 2014 and the IY Project for Dark Mofo 2017 in collaboration with UK light artist Chris Levine.
