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The Tide Waits for No One, 2020/21
250 kiln cast TV Glass yungan/dugong bones and Minjerribah mineral sand. Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the Artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane
Photography by Brenton McGeachie

The Tide Waits for No One

The Tide Waits For No-One 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:
- Embodied Knowledge: Queensland Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, 13 August 2022 – 22 January 2023
- Unbroken Connections 2021, Canberra Glassworks as part of Artist Residency program.

The Tide Waits For No One, Embodied Knowledge, Queensland Art Gallery, installation view, 2022, Photo: N Harth.

The Tide Waits for No One, 2020/21 Courtesy of the Artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane. Photography by Brenton McGeachie

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