The Tide Waits for No-One, 2020–21, 250 kiln cast television glass yungan (dugong) bones, mineral sand, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane. Photo: Brenton McGeachie.
The Tide Waits for No-One
The Tide Waits For No-One (2020–21) takes us back to the time of early colonisation of Quandamooka country, where the hunting of Dugong and industrial scale processing became a lucrative marketplace.
Between 1847 and 1969 the commercial processing of oil, bones, hides and meat occurred with very little regard of sustainability, rather Europeans arrived with the perception of ‘Bounteous Seas’ and very little recognition of the sophisticated land and sea management systems upheld by the Quandamooka Peoples.
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
- Five Acts of Love, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025
- Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane, 13 August 2022 – 22 January 2023
- Unbroken Connections 2021, Canberra Glassworks as part of Artist Residency program.
The Tide Waits for No-One, 2020-21. Installation view, Five Acts of Love, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Naarm/Melbourne, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane. Photo: Andrew Curtis.
The Tide Waits for No-One, 2020–21. Courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane. Photo: Brenton McGeachie.
