Sarah Contos uses diverse materials and methods of making. In MoTH-eRR, complexities and contradictions inherent in the human condition are expressed through the organ of the womb, exemplifying its duality as both a life-growing space and an uncanny void.
German expressionist cinema inspired Contos’ video, in which distinctive stylistic features – including unconventional compositions and dark themes – suggest feelings of inner turmoil and childbirth as a speculative experience. Generative software loops and manipulates imagery to create a hallucinogenic narrative – depicting three chapters in the fictional lifecycle of a human-hybrid moth.
Sarah Contos, MoTH-eRR, installation view, UNSW Galleries, Sydney, 2023–24, three-channel digital video, colour, stereo, 13.23 minutes. Photograph: Jacquie Manning. Courtesy the artist, STATION, Naarm/Melbourne and Gadigal/Sydney and UNSW Galleries, Sydney
Contemporary Art Tasmania
12 April to 17 May 2025
Tasmania
