Art & Design Forum | Harriet Schwarzrock – Artist Floor Talk

Presented by ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences

Eliciting Plasma Illumination as a Responsive and Relational Medium within Blown Glass

This exhibition forms part of Schwarzrock’s Higher Degree by Research (PhD) project. Schwarzrock creates blown-glass objects that explore the relationship between artwork and viewer through luminous, responsive interactions. Working at the intersection of glassblowing, neon fabrication, and scientific glasswork, she produces vascular forms that illuminate through the presence and touch of an observer. These works activate otherwise invisible electromagnetic relationships, inviting viewers into an intimate encounter with plasma as a responsive and relational medium.

Schwarzrock graduated with Honours in Visual Arts from Sydney College of the Arts in 1999. Her practice explores biological systems, connectivity, and invisible energies within the body through glass, neon, and plasma. Based in Queanbeyan, NSW, she has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, with works shown at Canberra Glassworks, Berengo Studio in Murano, Venice, and the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.

Exhibition dates: 10 – 27 March 2026

Gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10.30am - 3.00pm

The exhibition will be open on , Saturday 28 March 10am - 2pm.