Ripple (2015) – Louise Lavarack

Address: Saltwater Community Centre, 153 Saltwater Promenade, Point Cook

Acquired by: Wyndham City Capital works program

About the Artwork:

The creamy white walls of the new Saltwater Community Centre evoke the local landscape. They undulate around the architectural spaces of the building, like wind-sifted sand slipping through dune grasses. The brickwork that forms these walls is articulated further in a series of meandering ‘bitmapped’ ripples that morph along the surface. This treatment is inspired by the big skies and sweeping cloudscapes that cast sun and rippling shadow across the landscape of Point Cook, and by the breeze-ruffled waters of coastal wetlands.

Materials: Bricks

Acknowledgement of Traditional Custodians

Wyndham City Council recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first Peoples of Australia. We acknowledge the Bunurong and Wadawurrung Peoples as Traditional Owners of the lands on which Wyndham City operates. The Wadawurrung and Bunurong Peoples have and always will belong to the Werribee Yalook (river), creeks, stars, hills and red clay of this Country. We pay respect to their Ancestors and Elders who always have, and always will, care for Country and community today and for future generations.