Sarah Contos uses diverse materials and methods of making to weave together a tapestry of images and forms that link to her enduring interest in how art history, film, fashion, and popular culture inform our collective memories. For Contos, making art involves equal experiences of recognition and mystery where the porous fibres and surfaces of images and objects become animated, capturing histories, ideas, and emotions. The exhibition at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery presents two related bodies of work. 

'MoTH-eRR' expresses the complexities and contradictions inherent in the human condition through the organ of the womb, exemplifying its duality as both a nourishing, life-growing space and an abject, uncanny void. Contos uses generative software to manipulate and loop imagery together, creating a hallucinogenic narrative that unfolds across three chapters exploring childbirth as a speculative experience.

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Curated by Karen Hall