when: 22 August 2025 - 19 October 2025 | venue: Drill Hall Gallery | cost: See event for details | address: Kingsley Street Acton 2601 | website: https://dhg.anu.edu.au
published: 28 Aug 2025, 5 min read
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In conjunction with Light Source, the Riverbend Room will feature rising tide (marea crescente), by NOT. NOT is a Sydney and Canberra-based artist known for his work in glass and ceramics. Often working with found and repurposed materials, his installations draw attention to the unshakable presence of history and, in doing so, recast the present into the future, igniting an uncomfortable sense of responsibility.
Most recently, NOT has turned his attention to the glass-making traditions of Murano, Venice. In his 2025 installation Rising Tide (marea crescente), on display in the Riverbend Room, the coloured glass that has made Murano famous since the Renaissance is infused with uranium. When lit with blacklight, the work glows with a petrochemical luminosity, suggesting something toxic at play beneath its watery surface.
The city of Venice is famously sinking. In its fluctuating lagoons is a world of human debris linking to the earliest examples of human settlement in the region, all forming the basis of Rising Tide. In blown fluorescent aqua vessels swirled with specks of bronze and Italian marble clinging to ancient forms, the artist dredges up memory and plumes of hope.
Supported by Create NSW.
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In conjunction with Light Source, the Riverbend Room will feature rising tide (marea crescente), by NOT. NOT is a Sydney and Canberra-based artist known for his work in glass and ceramics. Often working with found and repurposed materials, his installations draw attention to the unshakable presence of history and, in doing so, recast the present into the future, igniting an uncomfortable sense of responsibility.
Most recently, NOT has turned his attention to the glass-making traditions of Murano, Venice. In his 2025 installation Rising Tide (marea crescente), on display in the Riverbend Room, the coloured glass that has made Murano famous since the Renaissance is infused with uranium. When lit with blacklight, the work glows with a petrochemical luminosity, suggesting something toxic at play beneath its watery surface.
The city of Venice is famously sinking. In its fluctuating lagoons is a world of human debris linking to the earliest examples of human settlement in the region, all forming the basis of Rising Tide. In blown fluorescent aqua vessels swirled with specks of bronze and Italian marble clinging to ancient forms, the artist dredges up memory and plumes of hope.
Supported by Create NSW.
Go see In the Riverbend room - NOT: rising tide (marea crescente) 2025.
In the Riverbend room - NOT: rising tide (marea crescente) 2025 is on 22 August 2025 - 19 October 2025. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Acton. Call 02 6125 5832 for details. Visit their website at https://dhg.anu.edu.au.
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