Lucy Raven: Rounds
The Curve, Barbican | London Focusing on the biggest dam removal and river restoration project in US history, Murderers Bar is the final instalment in Raven’s moving image series, The Drumfire. Using aerial and underwater imaging, the camera captures a landscape in flux, following the immense release of water as it carves its own path for the first time in over 100 years. The exhibition also features a new kinetic light sculpture, Hardpan, commissioned in collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Echoing Raven’s film work, the sculpture channels the monumental energy of industrial force – though this time, it’s the gallery that’s transformed, and we, the viewers, who feel its impact. Photographed in October 2025