Liz West's rainbow chandelier of prisms that radiates and reflects colour at The Met

Sevenfold will mark the completion of this project to transform one of the North’s leading cultural live music, theatre and arts venues located in the heart of Bury.

The site-responsive piece will inject vibrant colours and a sense of illusion into the magnificent entrance and staircase of the Victorian neo-classical building. Light is very important to Liz’s work, and this is a space that is flooded with natural light, which Sevenfold will draw upon to highlight the architecture and magnificence of The Met’s 1840s architecture.

Sevenfold takes its reference from Newton’s rainbow sequence of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Seven individual and vast prisms have been created that use mirrors to further radiate colour and reflect elements of the beautifully restored architecture. As visitors ascend the staircase they find themselves at eye level with the artwork, giving the chance to marvel Sevenfold at its luminous best.

Liz said: “The light-based, theatrical and immersive nature of my work ties in perfectly with The Met and the buildings use. I hope that visitors enjoy my work for many years to come and are able to see new elements within the installation every time they look at the piece.”

To see more about the plans for the building visit www.themet.biz/better. To enjoy more of Liz West’s work visit www.liz-west.com.

Via Creative Boom submission | All images by Jim Stephenson