Every move you make, every step you take Date: 2010 Location: Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, California Medium: Flagging tape, wood, paint, hardware Size: 30 x 22 x 12 feet / 9.14 x 6.71 x 3.66 meters Using the overhead electrical grid as a structural framework, strands of flagging tape were woven at perpendicular directions, raining down [...]
Twisted under, sideways down
Megan Geckler2018-05-30T17:44:05-07:00Twisted under, sideways down Date: 2010 Location: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Los Angeles, California Commissioning Agent: Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and the DCA Public Art Program Medium: Flagging tape and suction cups Size: 12 x 6 x 6 feet / 3.66 x 1.83 x 1.83 meters The points along the four walls of the glass vitrine were [...]
Stradle the line, in discord and rhyme
Megan Geckler2017-01-27T13:44:48-08:00Stradle the line, in discord and rhyme Date: 2009 Location: Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas Commissioning Agent: Visual Artists Network Artist in Residence Program Medium: Flagging tape and hardware Size: 44 x 32 x 10 feet / 13.41 x 9.75 x 3.05 meters Originating from the partial wall in the entranceway of the gallery, points were [...]
Set a course for wayward schemes
Megan Geckler2017-01-27T13:45:50-08:00Set a course for wayward schemes Date: 2008 Location: 5th and Main Streets, Downtown Los Angeles, California Commissioning Agent: Made possible in part by a Durfee ARC Grant Medium: Flagging tape, wood, paint, custom designed and fabricated lights Size: 40 x 30 x 5 feet / 12.19 x 9.14 x 1.52 meters Located on what was, at the [...]
Here in my car, where the image breaks down
Megan Geckler2018-05-30T17:44:05-07:00Here in my car, where the image breaks down Date: 2008 Location: Lendrum Fine Art, Hollywood, California Medium: Flagging tape, hardware Size: 18 x 18 x 10 feet / 5.49 x 5.49 x 3.05 meters Three chevrons primarily made of red, yellow and green streamed down to the windowsill, creating a three-dimensional façade viewable from the street below. [...]
Fill it up and pour it down the inside
Megan Geckler2017-01-27T13:53:03-08:00Fill it up and pour it down the inside Date: 2006 Location: Torrance Art Museum Medium: Flagging tape, hardware, pedestal Size: 18 x 20 x 12 feet / 5.49 x 6.1 x 3.66 meters This was the first soffit to pedestal piece and served as a point of departure for the 2013 exhibition, “Rewritten by Machine on New [...]
Your history’s like fire from a busted gun
Megan Geckler2017-01-27T13:53:56-08:00Your history’s like fire from a busted gun Date: 2005 Location: Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California Medium: Flagging tape, hardware, wood, paint Size: 16 x 16 x 14 feet / 4.88 x 4.88 x 4.27 meters Connecting to a series of beams, electrical conduits and HVAC ducting at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, [...]
Scenic pastures
Megan Geckler2017-01-27T13:54:58-08:00Scenic pastures Date: 2005 Location: Geckler’s (then) Studio at the Santa Fe Art Colony Medium: Flagging tape, hardware, wood, paint Size: 28 x 18 x 12 feet / 8.53 x 5.49 x 3.66 meters “Scenic Pastures” was created for the 2005 Santa Fe Art Colony Open Studio Event at Geckler’s then studio utilizing three parallel overhead sprinkler pipes [...]
Web in front
Megan Geckler2017-01-27T13:56:07-08:00Web in front Date: 2003 Location: Tall Wall Gallery, University of LaVerne Medium: Flagging tape, hardware Size: 35 x 20 x 20 feet / 10.67 x 6.1 x 6.1 meters Created to be seen from multiple vistas, this installation spanned from the tall wall across a pedestrian corridor to the catwalk of the mezzanine floor. Viewers were [...]
Perspective
Megan Geckler2017-01-27T13:57:17-08:00Perspective Date: 2001 Location: East Gallery, Claremont, California Medium: Flagging tape, eyehooks Size: 40 x 40 x 14 feet / 12.19 x 12.19 x 4.27 meters Based on two-point perspective drawing technique, Geckler used her own eye level to determine the origin points for the design located on the rear wall of the gallery. Two chevrons, one [...]