Exhibition Dates: May - September, 2024
About the Exhibition: This vibrant site-specific outdoor installation was a kaleidoscopic declaration of the beauty of differences coming together in harmony. The large-scale installation used hyper-colorful, recyclable PVC film, integrated seamlessly with the architecture of the outdoor plaza site to inspire, uplift, and provide a space for community contemplation.
Videos about the exhibition and installation:
https://vimeo.com/961406846?fl=pl&fe=sh
https://vimeo.com/1010370473?fl=pl&fe=sh
“From where the air is different”
(Site-specific installation #1)
Medium: Flagging tape, fencing, metal zip ties
Size: 30’ x 30 x 21 feet / 9.1 x 9.1 x 6.4 meters
Aerial Suspended Site-Specific Installation
Description: 5-sided, 5-color, tiered polygon is made from 7 miles of 100% recyclable, extruded PVC film called flagging tape.
“A dream that comes in color”
(Site-specific installation #2)
Medium: 100% recyclable, extruded PVC flagging tape, temporary PVC fencing substrate attached to permanent architectural plaza fencing, zip ties.
Both installations were made with the assistance of over 100 community volunteers, 20 paid assistants, an engineer, project manager, exhibition manager, exhibition director, installation contractor, and the commissioned artist.
Exhibition Director & Curator: Lydia Gravis
Commissioned Artist:Meagan Geckler
Installation time: 3-weeks
Project Planning Time Frame: 16 months
About the Artist: Megan Geckler is an American artist (b. 1975, Abington, PA) living and working in Los Angeles, California. She received her BFA from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art (Elkins Park, PA) in 1998 and her MFA from Claremont Graduate University (Claremont, CA) in 2001. Her large-scale, site-specific installations and drawings have been exhibited internationally at Customs House (Sydney, NSW, Australia), The Courtauld Institute (London, United Kingdom), and at Paris Fashion Week (Paris, France). In America, she has mounted large-scale, site-specific installations at venues such as the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City, UT), Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, OH), Dumke Arts Plaza (Ogden, UT), Breck Create (Breckenridge, CO), Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, CA), Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach, CA), Vincent Price Museum of Art (Monterey Park, CA), Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, CA), and Pasadena Museum of California Art (Pasadena, CA). Geckler has been awarded multiple public art commissions including projects at the LAX Airport, and was awarded the City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowship by the Department of Cultural Affairs in 2016. Her work is in the corporate collections of Creative Artists Agency (Los Angeles, CA); Four Seasons Resort at Walt Disney World (Orlando, FL); Nike (Portland, OR), Human Rights Campaign (Washington, DC), eBay (San Jose, CA), SoulCycle (Hoboken, NJ), and Facebook (Northridge, CA). Her artworks have been profiled by ArtForum, “O” The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Interior Design Magazine, Colossal, The Sydney Morning Herald, Fabrik, LA Weekly, The Creators Project, Designboom, Artillery, Elle Decor Italia, Los Angeles Times, The Getty Research Institute Newsletter, The Associated Press, Art Ltd., Huffington Post, Artweek LA, ArchDaily, ArtUS, ArtDaily, The Columbus Dispatch, Artscene, Design Milk, Flavorpill, and Glasstire, among many others.