Experience a striking visual display at the BEACON installation during the BLEACH Festival at HOTA this October 2026. Designed for Gold Coast and Brisbane families, this monumental, colorful artwork offers interactive spaces, inspiring poetry, and mesmerizing choir performances as dusk falls, creating a glowing hub of creativity and connection.
BEACON Installation – Gold Coast
A bright and bold beacon of belonging, this epic, large-scale installation becomes a landmark for joy across the 10 days of BLEACH Festival.
Led by Everybody NOW!, BEACON is a new commission designed by internationally acclaimed artist Morag Myerscough (UK), in collaboration with hundreds of Gold Coasters who participated in creative workshops.
Impossible to miss, BEACON calls you in with vibrant colours, hand-painted patterned entrances and adorned gateways. Step inside to discover a welcoming space for all people, of all ages, to explore, connect and create.
Become mesmerised as the natural world interacts with the artwork, light dances through space, shapes move with the wind, and poetic text by best-selling author and ABC TV presenter Holly Ringland signals messages from people and place.
Across the festival, as dusk falls, BEACON sends out a siren of song with local community singers, the BEACON Festival Choir, performing a special musical arrangement of Holly Ringland’s poem, before neon light transforms the artwork into a glowing nighttime festival hub.
Plan your visit
When: Thursday 1st October – Sunday 11th October 2026, from 10am
Where: HOTA Lake Precinct, Home of the Arts, 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise 4218
More information here
