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Prepare to be astounded as you step inside a rainbow.
Explore the giant maze filled with colour. Amococo is a luminarium - a walk-through inflatable sculpture filled with radiant light and vivid colour. Amococo measures 76m long by 19m wide.
Linking 86 three-sided domes in a monumental labyrinth, this architectural marvel transports visitors into another dimension.
More information is available on the Architects of Air website.
All ages welcome!
Opening Hours:
School Groups
Tue to Fri: 9.00am to 11.30am
Duration: 30 minutes
General Admission
Tue to Fri: 12.00pm to 4.00pm*
Sat to Mon: 9.00am to 4.00pm*
*Last entry 3.30pm daily
Allow 20 to 30 minutes to experience Amococo
"It glows like stained glass, a phenomenon of radiant light and colour, such as you experience in a cathedral, providing the same kind of stimulation or peace." The Independent
"Think of it as visual art you can enter." Donald Hutera
Video
Things to try
- Look through coloured glasses to change the mood of what you see
- Use simple party masks and insert coloured cellophane into the eye pieces
Books to read
The topic of colour is extensively represented in children's literature. Ask your local library about the latest titles and some of the classics.
- Hello Red Fox by Eric Carle
A rare opportunity to step inside the colour spectrum in this non-text based experience suitable for students of varying ages and abilities. Orientation by a guide is followed with a self-directed walk-through.
Ages All ages
Essential Learnings QCAR Framework
Ways of working - The Arts
Respond to arts works and describe initial impressions and personal interpretations, using arts elements and languages
Knowledge and understanding - Visual Art
Warm (red, orange, yellow) and cool (blue, green, purple) colour schemes, and mixed and complementary colours, are used to create tone and variation
Assessable element
Responding
E.g. Colours can change a mood and affect how we feel. Instead of reproducing colours as you see them in real life, use colours to represent moods and feelings in your next artwork. Think about expressions like such as a grey day, green with envy, through rose-coloured glasses
- Look through coloured glasses to change the mood of what you see
- Use simple party masks and insert coloured cellophane into the eye pieces
Before
- Consider the seven colours of the rainbow sequenced in order by scientist Sir Isaac Newton; red orange yellow green blue indigo violet
- Use hardware paint charts to place sample colours side by side in sequence or find their opposites on a colour wheel
- Check warm colours used on signs about danger
- Collect cool colours used on supermarket packaging
Books
The topic of colour is extensively represented in children's literature. Ask your teacher librarian or local library about the latest titles and some of the classics.
About the company
Visit the Architects of Air website.