18/04/2026
This piece has been a year in the making - it took me a while to decide on the framing, and design the frame. I made the gumballs last year in May, and had the same plan the whole time to make a small, gradual mountain slope out of the gumballs inside the frame.
When I finally had the frame made, I placed the gumballs, and it felt too static, so I started playing around with the idea of letting them move around inside. It brought so much movement into the work even when it was stood still. I think that this piece is an exciting starting point for more works like it - having a starting point plan, and letting gravity essentially paint the final picture.
It's a really nice way of thinking about our journey through life - we can plan as much as we like, but when it comes to the situation, we can never be certain about what choice we will make until we're in that moment itself, and it might be something we hadn't even thought possible.ย
I've titled itย One Second of Free Fall, because gravity made this composition, I just supplied the parts. The materials take note of the blue gumballs, because the gumballs look a bit like planets, and it made me think about the recent lunar flyby, and seeing earth from space, and this work has lots of space.ย
Artwork Details:
Geena Wilkinson
One Second of Free Fall
2026
185 Ceramic Gumball Sculptures in Perspex, 15 Blue
70 x 63.5 cm
