Launch: Wednesday 9 April 6–8PM

Of the Colour of the Kaleidoscopic Sky is a continuation of Juan Rodriguez Sandoval's 2024 exhibition at Incinerator Gallery, Barriletes de Nuestro Futuro (Kites from Our Future), which is rooted in the Guatemalan political history, folklore and the kaleidoscopic tradition of kite making and flying as part of the Day of the dead Celebrations. This exhibition invites the community to explore the spiritual and cultural significance of kites through an interactive, real-time animated experience.

Using intuitive projection technology and AI-powered tools like Tagtool, this iteration allows visitors to design their own celestial patterns and interpretations of wind, spirits, and air flow. These digital designs will be projected onto the exhibition space, contributing to the evolving display. The kites themselves are reimagined with iridescent and holographic fabrics, creating a dynamic, mystical movement that responds to the wind. This project continues the tradition of kite making as a vessel for ancestral connection and cultural resilience.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Cait Rutherford is a multidisciplinary visual artist and designer respectfully based and working in West Gippsland (Gunai Karnak Nations). Her practice is concerned with radical feminism, young motherhood and her love for music festival culture. Adorning her practice is an interest in cryptic patterns, colour and intricate forms of opacity and autonomy that present a perspective that is revealed to the puzzle-solving-loving minds. Cait works across painting, installation, fabrics and other exciting mediums.

Juan Rodriguez Sandoval is an interdisciplinary visual artist originally from Guatemala, now respectfully lives and works in Gippsland, Victoria, on Brayakaulung Country (Gunai Kurnai Nations) and Boon Wurrung Country (Kulin Nations). His work currently bridges his Latin heritage and a strong respect for the environment, as a conduit for interspecies displacement, geographical borders, and human movement/voyage, while always highlighting the importance of protecting nature. Juan often uses natural and recycled materials, treating them not just as tools but as important elements with their own stories. By working sustainably, he turns these materials into powerful reflections of ecological awareness and cultural history.

Image credit: Cait Rutherford and Juan Rodriguez Sandoval, Tonk’ar de Fabrica (Fabric Kite), 2025, iridescent and holographic polyester, approx. 1200 x 1200 mm. Photo Credit: Juan Rodriguez Sandoval. Lead designer: Cait Rutherford. Proudly and respectfully made on Boon Wurrung Country.