"What Becomes of the Clouds"
By Megan Cope, 2022.
At 80 Ann Street, Brisbane.
"What becomes of the clouds
Megan Cope’s work draws on the archives and historical maps to create important public documents of Indigenous knowledge, memory and experiences.
Cope’s work echoes the landscape and history and in this work remembers the creek which used to run through the 80 Anne St site.
The waterway outline underfoot in the marble terrazzo directs the public's movement through the laneway while the glass and light sculpture in the ceiling follows the undulation and waterflow from the river to the reservoir simultaneously corresponding to the brass inlay, connecting land to sky and the relationship water plays within that space.
The creek was a life-source for everyone directing Indigenous then later European settler movements through the landscape. The banks of the creek and its water’s movement has been interrupted many times throughout history
—a reservoir was placed upstream during early European settlement and the creek disappeared from maps by the late 1870s and was eventually built into a drain. The brass outline of the creek is based on a lithograph map of Brisbane from 1863 which is visible on the glass gate at the entrance at night.
Location: 80 Ann Street, Brisbane CBD
Photo credit: Carl Grey
Lighting designer: @GrayLightAu "
"What Becomes of the Clouds"
By Megan Cope, 2022.
At 80 Ann Street, Brisbane.
"What becomes of the clouds
Megan Cope’s work draws on the archives and historical maps to create important public documents of Indigenous knowledge, memory and experiences.
Cope’s work echoes the landscape and history and in this work remembers the creek which used to run through the 80 Anne St site.
The waterway outline underfoot in the marble terrazzo directs the public's movement through the laneway while the glass and light sculpture in the ceiling follows the undulation and waterflow from the river to the reservoir simultaneously corresponding to the brass inlay, connecting land to sky and the relationship water plays within that space.
The creek was a life-source for everyone directing Indigenous then later European settler movements through the landscape. The banks of the creek and its water’s movement has been interrupted many times throughout history
—a reservoir was placed upstream during early European settlement and the creek disappeared from maps by the late 1870s and was eventually built into a drain. The brass outline of the creek is based on a lithograph map of Brisbane from 1863 which is visible on the glass gate at the entrance at night.
Location: 80 Ann Street, Brisbane CBD
Photo credit: Carl Grey
Lighting designer: @GrayLightAu "