The result is an as-yet untitled figure of a man in pink shorts and goggles ready to bomb into the river.
The massive mural Kitt Bennett painted on old wharves at Hamilton for the Brisbane Street Art Festival.“This space had a weird shape with a few obstacles and I wanted to do something that matched the area,” Bennett said.Bennett estimates the floor mural, or ground mural, is about 40 metres long. Like his other works, it can be a challenge for people to identify at ground level – they sometimes ask him to explain it – but being in a flight path he hopes it will be visible from the air.
“A lot of my work is presented online and on screen and I think that’s a fine way to see it, but the dream would be people seeing it as they fly in and out of Brisbane,” he said. The massive mural Kitt Bennett painted on old wharves at Hamilton for the Brisbane Street Art Festival.Bennett’s ideas start in a sketchbook, and once painted - this latest work required about 100 litres of paint -can last five years as they blend into the environment. Tread marks, stains, and even weeds add to the “patina”.
“I’ve always been interested in viewing earth and humanity from a distance and with space – this allows me to meet in the middle,” he said.Advertisement“It’s amazing, everyone loves the city, there’s a really positive vibe and people are doing some really excellent work,” he said.
Is it based on a body that's been dragged out of the Brisbane River?
What weather was he expecting this week?