When the Viewer Becomes Part of the Work- with Harriet Schwarzrock
About this episode
The episode explores how the presence of a viewer can change a work of art through a conversation with glass artist Harriet Schwarzrock.
What if standing in front of a work of art actually changed it? That's the question at the heart of this conversation with Harriet Schwarzrock, an Australian glass artist who captures plasma inside blown glass vessels that respond to your presence. Move closer, and the light shifts. Touch the surface, and it intensifies. The viewer literally becomes part of the circuit. Harriet is a doctoral candidate at the Australian National University researching plasma illumination as a responsive and relational artistic medium. Her work has been shown at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Berengo Studio in Murano Venice, and most recently in Fluid Presence at Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery. We talk the role of the viewer, when she thinks about it, what it means for a viewer to complete a work and the interactions that happen when an artwork that can be touched or changes on approach. And we talk about what the role of human connection plays in the organic, vascular shapes that run through her most recent work. You can find Harriet here on instagram and here on her website Links: Harriet Schwarzrock: www.schwarzrockglass.com Harriet's 2026 Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Installation Harriet's…
People in this episode
Host: Julie Battisti
Guest: Harriet Schwarzrock
Topics covered
- art
- viewer interaction
- responsive art
- glass art
- human connection
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Australian National University
Places: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Murano Venice, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery
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