Year 4 students from several schools across NSW, constructed their own unique mechanical butterflies using recycled materials for the huge interactive display, ‘Flutter at Gateway Sydney’.
The centre has been filled with over 600 mechanical butterflies that mimic nature, moving and casting colours for the display.
The butterflies have been scattered throughout the displays and an interactive colour transforming activation, ‘The Kaleidoscope’, where visitors will be able to look through a rotating portal to uncover a vibrant colourful butterfly scene, utilising the science of colour and light. It’s a great opportunity to check out each butterfly species, understand their features and where they are from across Australia.
As part of the program hosted by Skunk Control, students learnt about light and colour, and how
structures in nature alter light to create colour. The butterflies will be returned to the children to keep.
Skunk Control is an interdisciplinary team of artists, engineers and scientists creating visually engaging works and immersive experiences that encourage discovery and ignite a sense of wonderment.
