Florian’s commission, like the other permanent commissions was conceived in response to Tideway’s Heritage Interpretation Strategy (HIS). The theme for the Central section of the tunnel is ‘Babylon to World City: Civic London’ with the site-specific narrative for the site focusing on the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The hospital’s status as a place for retreat and respite for Chelsea Pensioners after serving in the military and Christopher Wren’s design of the Hospital as a place of ceremonial display were key influences for the artist.

Moving In is a tactile artwork formed of brickwork integrated into the vertical surface of the public space, steps, intertidal terraces, and the river wall. As much experiential as visual, the brickwork highlights architectural edges and contours, marking and indicating the changing water levels of the River Thames and, therefore, what is visible and invisible, and what is revealed and concealed.