Tide Inside

Harriet Links

Opening Event :
Friday 29 August 2025, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Opening Hours:
10:00am – 5:00pm daily

Tide Inside by Harriet Links explores childhood memories of fishing on Tasmania’s Derwent River, contrasting modest family homes with moments of connection by the water. Through native fish and textured interiors, the exhibition reveals the shifting tides of family, memory, and the quiet currents that shape our lives.

Tide Inside offers a thoughtful exploration of childhood memories shaped by Tasmania’s landscapes and domestic environments. The exhibition contrasts the modest, often rented homes of early life with the quiet, open moments spent fishing on the Derwent River, where connection and presence emerged.

The domestic spaces in the work are characterised by worn tiles and textured surfaces—elements that reflect everyday family homes rather than idealised settings. These interiors suggest emotional distance and quiet tension, capturing the complexities of family relationships. In contrast, the fishing trips along the Derwent River held moments of attentiveness, learning, and connection. The river serves as a space of freedom and calm amid domestic challenges.

Harriet Links portrays native Tasmanian fish swimming across patterned tile backgrounds, symbolising the interplay between memory, place, and emotion. The fish signify the shared lessons and love of those fishing moments, while the tiles evoke the textured domestic environments that framed early life.

The exhibition reflects the shifting tides of human relationships—the ebb and flow of connection and distance, tenderness and tension. Through layered imagery and sensory detail, Links captures the nuanced balance of love and absence experienced throughout childhood.

Tide Inside is both an act of reflection and healing, holding space for the complexities of family bonds. It contrasts emotional distance within the home with moments of presence by the river, using the openness of the water against the rigidity of domestic spaces to explore themes of freedom and possibility.

Rooted in Tasmania’s natural and cultural landscape, Tide Inside connects personal history to universal themes of family, identity, and place. Through these works, Harriet Links invites viewers to consider their own inner tides—the unseen currents shaping who we are and how we relate.