![]() ![]() An ephemeral acid saline lake is a lake that is relatively high in dissolved salts and has a low pH, usually within the range of <1 - 5 and does not have standing water year round. From an aerial perspective the indentations and depressions become visual markers of the transient nature of water in the arid zones of Australia. Ephemeral acid saline lake Lake MacKay, one of the largest ephemeral saline lakes that exist in Western Australia. The positives are referencing the negative. So immediately there is a juxtaposition and ambiguity. ![]() Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in South Australia is an endorheic system. Ephemeral lake basins may be vegetated or completely devoid of vegetation. Ephemeral lakes contain water only sometimes, and not even following regular seasons. Ephemeral ponds are sporadic aquatic systems that are inundated by large rain events. Water exists in the lowest points of the landscape, the depressions or negative spaces. Ephemeral ponds or lakes also known as playas, pans, chottes, and sebkas are common features of arid and semiarid regions ( Crawford, 1981). The ceramic components may be seen either as positive or negative elements, they may indicate where the water is or was. This allows a rhythm and tempo in the work, a quietness, a distillation of time and space. This requires a certain way of movement, a linear sensibility. ![]() Viewed as a meandering rather than a direct flow pattern. The work is predicated on the idea of the presence and absence of water and the horizontal nature of its dispersal across the arid zones of Australia. A land of flood and drought, there are many ephemeral watercourses in Australia. Water flows across the horizontal surface, spreading out in a dendritic pattern. The Australian Garden was awarded Landscape of the Year at the World Architecture Festival – WAK-Awards 2013, SingaporeĮphemeral Lake introduces the narrative of water in this ancient, degraded and arid continent. ![]()
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