Eye of the Beholder – Dr Chau Chak Wing Building – Ultimo, Sydney | 23 May – 14 June, 2025

Location: Dr Chau Chak Wing Building (Frank Gehry), UTS Building CB08, Platform , 14/28 Ultimo Rd, Ultimo NSW 2007
Dates: 23 May – 14 June, 2025
Cost: Free

Did you know the word window originates from the Old Norse ‘vindauga’, meaning ‘wind-eye’? This striking and surreal installation takes inspiration from this association, literally transforming the windows of the Frank Gehry building into giant human eyes.

Gaze up as a series of larger-than-life eyes blink, dart and stare, projected onto the building’s iconic windows. Eye of the Beholder explores the power of the gaze, the relationship between viewer and artwork, and the place of dreams in Surrealism.

Inspired by Salvador Dalí’s surrealist, iconic dream sequence in Hitchcock’s Spellbound, The Goods Line is transformed into a fever-dream that stares back at you.

Who is watching whom? Are you the dreamer or part of the dream? Step into a playful, off-kilter world where reality shifts and a window to a different way of seeing opens.

Country represented by installation: Australia

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