Reflection on Glass in the Public Eye: Murmuration Artist talk with Harriet Schwarzrock and Savita Goankar – Design Canberra Festival

Reflection on Glass in the Public Eye
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Reflection on Glass in the Public Eye

Artist Talk

Reflection on Glass in the Public Eye: Murmuration Artist talk with Harriet Schwarzrock and Savita Goankar
Join Harriet Schwarzrock and Savita Gaonkar as we learn about the experimentation, ideas and creations behind the public artwork Murmuration at the Canberra Museum and Gallery Theatrette.

The title of this work, Murmuration, references the natural spectacle when up to tens of thousands of birds come together. Incredible shapes form in the sky through contracting and expanding as one flock merges into another; swirling in ever more complex and beautiful patterns. This work is a representation of a confluence, a coming together. The murmuration suspended in the foyer at 6 Chan Street Belconnen, acts as a visual representation of migration, made from a collection of blown glass forms. The large scale artwork was undertaken in collaboration with artist Harriet Schwarzrock, Canberra Glassworks and DJAS in 2020.

Harriet Schwarzrock and the team at DJAS took out the 2021 Pamille Berg Award for Art in Architecture at the ACT Architecture Awards and was shortlisted for INDE. Awards in 2022.

Image credits: Harriet Schwarzrock, Murmuration, 2020. Photo by Ross Caddaye.

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