Floodingland 2011, it's grown so much since when it started in 2001 as a biennial art
in nature program. This is its sixth iteration. The event has come such a long way from being
really just about art in nature, artists working in and of nature to something which has matured
and grown in so many components. I love the fact that Floodingland is about a conversation that
continues. So since 2001 that conversation has grown to involve many people across the
nation and really internationally. The 2011 Floodingland theme water culture resonates
strongly at a time where we really need to start shifting our collective actions and thinking
towards water globally. So Floodingland as an event really offers an opportunity for creative
responses, provocations and interactive experiences that are designed to generate and shift ways
of thinking and really start to inspire change within our local community. The other way it's
grown is it's recognised and brought together this critical mass of artists who are working with
those themes art in nature to the point now where we've have coined the term green art and this
is a very green art event. So the 2011 theme water culture really started to expand the
traditional elements of Floodingland and what people consider as ephemeral art. So rather than
having just sculptural artists working in the environment we engaged new media artists and
expanded the curated program with projections light and sound. The community this time taking
on water culture, I mean Boreen Point 6 on the side of one of the most beautiful lakes in the
Sunshine Coast region if not Queensland and so it's a wonderful setting and this community have
really embraced the program and this year taken on program components of their own. So there's a
very very strong community ownership and participation and engagement. People who come
to Floodingland and people who I guess practice green art practices it's very much about a
participation rather than a passive observation and I think really we're at a point where people
look for those meaningful arts and environment cultural experiences they want to to learn and
they want to be involved and they want to create. So the intention is not just to deliver these
experiences for the local community but also to harness the energy visions and ideas across virtual
platforms exploring new paradigms for our collective future. So it's the first time we're
completely auditing the program to see that Floodingland is practicing what it preaches so
as an international green arts festival it sits there in that an international arena as being a
significant program. That occupation of all the site in the international arena is where it's
well positioned to continue a conversation about art and nature.
