New Charlotte sculpture aims to educate the community on flood risks
It currently includes markers for water levels at a 100-year flood, as well as the water levels during the November 2020 flood. A new sculpture in Charlotte, North Carolina, aims to educate the community about flood risks. The sculpture, "Diver, A Flood Marker," was created by John Wendel with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services and was chosen by Marek Ranis from a group of 12 regional artists. Ranis, a professor in the Art & Art History department at UNC Charlotte, has been creating art with a focus on climate change, flooding risks, and sea levels for roughly 20 years. The piece includes markers for water levels at a 100-year flood, as well as the water levels during the November 2020 flood. If Charlotte reaches a new record flood level, the design could be replicated across the city and country.
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It currently includes markers for water levels at a 100-year flood, as well as the water levels during the November 2020 flood.
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WCNC Charlotte has previously covered flooding in Little Sugar Creek and Addison Drive among other places in the Queen City. Not everyone recognizes the potential dangers of flooding in these high-risk areas, though.
It started when John Wendel with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services approached the Arts & Science Council with the idea to create artistic flood markers, inspired by creative work in another city. Marek Ranis was chosen from a group of 12 regional artists to take on the project.
He has been creating art with a focus on climate change, flooding risks, and sea levels for roughly 20 years, according to ASC. Ranis, who is also a professor in the Art & Art History department at UNC Charlotte, told ASC he's worked on artistic projects about climate change around the world, but it's less frequent that he gets to create an educational piece like this in his own community.
His sculpture, entitled "Diver, A Flood Marker," features a 12-foot snorkel design he told ASC was inspired by his experience scuba diving while working on another climate-related project. ASC described the choice as "a symbol of risk, survival and adaptation."
The snorkel, fixed alongside what ASC called an "oversized, abstracted human head," has measurement lines going up it similar to a flood marker or a rain gauge.
The piece is also notably designed to be changed, should flooding require.
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It currently includes markers for water levels at a 100-year flood, as well as the water levels during the November 2020 flood. ASC said if Charlotte reaches a new record flood level, the new measurement could then be added. The design can also be replicated across the city and country with specialized flood heights to help people understand the real risks.