Artwalk Ventura: Kaleidoscope Kandeo by Deniz Nicole

This interactive installation for all to experience and enjoy will be on display in the Museum’s Plaza for ten days only! Come play at the Museum September 28—October 6, 2019.

Kaleidoscope Kandeo by Deniz Nicole is on display at the Museum of Ventura County from Saturday, September 28—October 6, 2019. Join us at the Museum of Ventura County on Saturday, September 28, 2019 from 11—7 p.m. for Artwalk Ventura. Come view and play Kaleidoscope Kandeo, and explore the Museum’s other latest exhibit, California Cool: Mid-century Modernism on the Central Coast.

Kaleidoscope Kandeo by Deniz Nicole debuted at Burning Man in 2019 and is a 20-foot-tall faceted teardrop-shaped tower made from bent steel tubing. Clad in iridescent laser-cut paneling, the installation will be a shimmering tear when illuminated at night. Gazing upwards within the hexagonal interior, participants observe a colorful glass gem suspended above a conical mirrored structure. Participants are invited to create a shared experience with each other by powering & observing the spinning gem box. Utilizing two different handles, participants will create & fluctuate the complex rotation & spin of the gem box. Without communal effort the kaleidoscope’s image will remain static. Reflections of the colors & complexity of motion will create a fantastic kinetic kaleidoscopic image. At dusk, the laser cut paneling will reveal backlit patterns of light that make the kaleidoscope a waypoint in darkness.

Deniz Nicole’s artistic sensibility evolved from a lifelong passion for experiential science, her early studies ranging from astronomy to physics to the very physical practice of classical ballet. These diverse interests allowed her to view the mysteries of the universe from the unique perspective of equality. She knows that she is just as much a body moving through space as any heavenly body, and her artwork invites all of us to experience the universe in the same way.