ladder of meaning

Nine sets of painted stairs, nine platforms painted a different colour on each platform, and nine projected images projected at night onto each platform comprises the Jacob’s Ladder project, part of ‘Inhabit 2009’, the creative art and event initiative in the city of Brisbane. Located in St. Edward’s Park, this artwork by Norbert Francis Attard is a strikingly coloured treatment of the easily over-looked Jacob’s Ladder stairway, a pathway installed to make scaling the steep hill less daunting. Viewed from the base, the stairs appear to disappear from sight partly obscured by tree canopies, while from the top the stairs are hidden and only a series of platforms to a park can be seen.

The art installation complete with projections at night via OHT was designed to offer an intriguing multi-layered reading stemming from the nature of different interpretations of the Old Testament story of Jacob’s desert revelation. The entire stairway was decorated in Resene Non-Skid Deck & Path paint to provide a non-slip coating tinted to a range of custom colours by Resene staff.

The multi-layered effect is striking, so much so that visitors have to be careful that they are not so busy admiring the steps that they forget to look where they are going.

Directed by: Kevin Wilson, Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane
Funded by: Brisbane City Council
Gobo Slides: Gobotech
Gobo Projectors: Selecon New Zealand Ltd
Gobo Installation: Peter Rixon
Projected Images: Norbert Francis Attard (designer), made in collaboration with Areaone Ltd
Stairway Painting: Maicon Building Services Pty
Resene: Geebung ColorShop
From the Resene News – issue 1/2010

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