Floodlines (2019)
Floodlines is a public artwork located in Brisbane Australia. The brightly coloured work includes a mural to the underside of the Riverside Expressway, a soft fall ground plane, brightly coloured gym equipment and night activated lighting elements. The predominantly graphic work, with sub-tropical colour palette, is inspired by marble patterns synonymous with the cover pages and book spines of historical volumes and records. Ink which is mixed with water to create this traditional marble effect is abstracted and controlled by water, which was a key inspiration for Lang in seeking to evoke memories and notions of record keeping, and to depict traces of Brisbane’s 2010-11 flood. A line of symmetry within the pattern indicates the 2011 flood peak level. The painted pattern pools around the base of each pillar and ripples across the ground to create a vibrant pattern on which playful texts describing speech, processes and sounds related to water are projected at night. Using a bright, subtropical palette, Lang’s playful work evidences an event in time, inviting people to reflect on the city’s history and its relationship to the natural environment.
