Nilmini De Silva, Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre in Flood (LANDSCAPE 2026)

Sitting at the lowest point on the Australian continent, around 16 metres below sea level, Lake Eyre anchors an immense inland catchment spanning one-sixth of Australia, much of it overlapping the extent of the Great Artesian Basin. Flying over the lake in 2025, I was transfixed by the myriad colours of the flooded landscape. Desert browns and reds, long untouched by water, dissolve into greens and blues as the country awakens. In this series, I seek to evoke both the vastness of this extraordinary place and the abstract beauty revealed in its finer details.

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