Comprised of 70 tonnes of steel, prisms, and mirrors, Keith Courtney’s mirror maze Kaleidoscope is now open on the forecourt of Geelong’s Johnstone Park until 18 June.
The installation has now been seen by over 120,000 people across Melbourne’s RISING Festival, The Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Festival, and Bendigo’s Rosalind Park.
Kaleidoscope is a deceptively simple optical device of epic proportions, creating a unique and ever-shifting experience that fuses art and technology. By day becoming a sparkling crystal palace that transports to another world, while at sun set a colour field of ever-changing light.
The multi-sensory and immersive work boasts a local twist given it was manufactured in South Geelong by Keith Courtney’s go-to fabricator Robert Lange Engineering and glazier Menzel Glass. Kaleidoscope isn’t Keith Courtney’s only piece with links to Geelong, with previous works The House of Mirrors and Inverted Crosses for Dark Mofo built here also.
The City of Greater Geelong has partnered with Creative Production Services to deliver Kaleidoscope in Geelong. To celebrate Kaleidoscope and the arts offerings in Geelong throughout autumn and winter, visitors are invited to ‘Kick On in Geelong’, where a program of deals from local businesses will help visitors make the most out of their time in the city.
Collaborations with artist Samantha Slicer, visual artist Ash Keating, composer Tamil Rogeon and the National Boys Choir of Australia helped to create the cathedral-style experience, or what Courtney describes as a “palace of sound and light”.
Kaleidoscope is open Wednesday – Sunday from 2 – 9pm until 18 June 2023.
Kaleidoscope by Keith Courtney
Johnstone Park Forecourt, Geelong
May 13 – June 18
$15 plus booking fee (ages 5 and under and over 75 free)
Visit https://geelong.link/Kaleidoscope-Geelong for more information
