In an age of lockdowns, climate change and global upheaval, it’s easy to feel increasingly ungrounded or disconnected. River Mouth plays with our innate...

River Mouth

Location:

Chinese Garden of Friendship Forecourt
Australia

River Mouth
River Mouth

Artist Details

Emma-Kate Hart

Emma-Kate Hart

Emma-Kate Hart is a multi-disciplinary artist from Sydney's Inner West. In what is considered a rare artisan skill set, she is one of the few traditional neon glass blowers in Australia. Her practice is informed by maintaining a direct relationship with her materials and wielding neon’s communicative power to make poetic links between the lights that illuminate our cities and the culture that lives in it. Her work has been included in The Fisher's Ghost Awards and The Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles among others.

Access and Inclusion

  • Audio Described - Audio description is a service provided for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Trained audio describers give live, objective, verbal descriptions.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.

Event Details

In an age of lockdowns, climate change and global upheaval, it’s easy to feel increasingly ungrounded or disconnected. River Mouth plays with our innate need to connect to nature as an equalising force, taking inspiration from the bizarre but common phenomenon of 'pareidolia' – the tendency to see patterns, animals or faces in inanimate objects and nature.

Look at this artwork, a set of hand-blown neon glass lines in two formations, and you might spot two human profiles – one facing the sky, one the earth. What we're actually looking at is a topographic map of where Parramatta River meets Sydney Harbour, charting its relief (aka vertical elevations). But even with the explanation, we still can't help but see ourselves.

Country represented by installation: Australia

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Access and Inclusion

  • Audio Described - Audio description is a service provided for patrons who are blind or have low vision. Trained audio describers give live, objective, verbal descriptions.
  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.