A Million Things That Make Your Head Spin

Installed from 17 November 2016 to 30 April 2017
Colourful strings are stretched across a large atrium, forming a rainbow pattern converging at the ceiling, surrounded by a modern building structure with windows.
Colourful, densely packed diagonal lines create a vibrant, abstract pattern with various shades of red, blue, orange, yellow, and green.
Colourful ribbons hang from the ceiling in an atrium, creating a vibrant canopy effect over the space.
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Feel what it might be like to step inside a dazzling rainbow.

Artist: Megan Geckler
This artwork was temporary and is no longer at this location.

Artwork description

American artist Megan Geckler brings her detailed, multi-coloured installations to Sydney and this new work promises a ‘wow’ moment inside one of our most historic buildings.

The atrium within Customs House will be home to A Million Things That Make Your Head Spin. The hovering, cloud-like form, which gets its name from a line in Australian band The Jungle Giants’ track Don’t Know What Else to Do, is part of Geckler’s hyper-colourful, mathematically-based practice using thousands of metres of tape, more commonly used on construction sites.

When diffused sunlight is streaming through the multiple stories of the landmark, intersecting the thousands of colourful ribbons in the giant installation, the result will be like stepping inside a rainbow. And while it's visually arresting from the ground floor, every level of the building will provide a unique view.

Artist

Los Angeles-based Megan Geckler’s work has been exhibited in a wide variety of galleries and high-profile public spaces across the US, from the Wexner Center for the Arts through to Los Angeles International Airport and even Disney World.

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