Fish Mobile

Available for Touring

Transform your skyline.

A giant, breathtaking kinetic sculpture creates a moment of joy and reflection in public space. Next to the installation, people are invited to make their own small mobile to take the experience home.

Fish Mobile premiered in Clifton Park, Rotherham July 26 – 28, 2022.
Fish Mobile premiers internationally at Fira Tàrrega September 8 – 10, 2023.

Available for international touring 2024

Book Fish Mobile to transform your outdoor venue or city with a beautiful and playful kinetic work.

Please get in touch with Kaleider Producer, Jocelyn S Mills if you want to discuss bringing Fish Mobile to you and your audiences: jocelyn@kaleider.com

What is Fish Mobile?

Giant kinetic sculpture

A giant balancing mobile hangs in public space, inviting people to stand or sit underneath it for as long as they like, to watch fish swim in the sky. Standing 70 metres tall, Fish Mobile transforms the skyscape with its gentle movement.

Fish mobile workshop

In a tent next to the installation, people of all ages make their own small fish mobile to take home. The workshop is fun and free. It includes a printing press and is facilitated by staff.

#FishMobile

Audiences can send in pictures and videos of their finished fish mobiles via our social channels @kaleider.

Gallery

Fish Mobile, a giant kinetic sculpture, hanging in Rotherham park. A crane reaches high above the trees, about 70 metres in the air. Five fish hang from it suspended on horizontal bars. It's a bright and warm summer day.

Fish in the sky. Photo by Fluxx Films.

Children in aprons are shown how to print their mobile kits with different coloured paints and rollers.

Three children look up at Fish Mobile in wonder and excitement, pointing at the sky.

Fish Mobile in Clifton Park. Photo by Fluxx Films.

Five fish suspended in the sky. They are made out of pic mesh and painted in different colours: red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.

Fish Mobile suspended in a park. Many groups of people are sitting in the grass, talking, eating, and watching the fish.

Fish watching in the park. Photo by Fluxx Films.

A table in the workshop tent for making fish mobile kits. Three linocuts are laid out on the table. Paint rollers in red, yellow, orange, blue and green paint are on them. It's a little messy and very colorful.

A child and adult work together to cut a piece of wire for the fish mobile take home kit.

Photograph by Richard Walker/ImageNorth

Outdoors. A group of children are shown how to use the rollers and ink in the workshop to make their own fish mobile take home kit.

Outdoors. A smiling child holds a toy crane while the Fish swim above in the sky.

A small fish mobile and crane. Photo by Fluxx Films.

What people say about Fish Mobile

“It is so beautiful how it moves slightly in the the wind”

“This was so calming and chill!!!”

“The main piece was amazing and hearing it is being toured is even better. Really enjoyed making my little version.”

“I really like that it’s something completely different that’s never been done before.”

“All 3 grandchildren loved it.”

“I liked how it left me wondering about it after I’d left”

“I had the best day. Thank you”

Access

Click on the following links to download the documents:

Easy Read in pdf

Easy Read in Word

Audio Description in mp3

Audio Description in Word

This is a relaxed experience in public space. There are no additional lights or sounds. There is a massive crane that will raise and lower the giant fish mobile throughout the day so expect some mechanical noises from the crane.

We are very happy to customise access documents for each promotor’s venue, location and language.

Credits

Conceived and directed by Seth Honnor.

Head of production: Fiona Rourke.

Lead producer: Katie Keeler.

Rotherham Creative Producers team: Ace Smith, Mitchell Nuttall, Maltiti Musah-Razak, Eleanor Beever, Christopher Badger.

Fish Mobile is supported by IN SITU, the European platform for artistic creation in public space, in the frame of the project (UN)COMMON SPACES, co-funded by the European Union.

We couldn’t have done this without

The courage and conviction of Leanne Buchan and Rotherham Children’s Capital of Culture to commission a new work of this scale.

The encouragement and support of the In Situ network and Freedom Festival Arts Trust.

The fantastic efforts of the entire Kaleider team.

Fish Mobile is commissioned by Rotherham Council for Children’s Capital of Culture, supported by South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and the European Union European Development Fund.

Co-commissioned by Fira Tàrrega.