A TIDE IS A VERY LONG WAVE
SYRUP Contemporary, Sydney / Gadigal
31 August - 28 September 2024
Installation view, “A tide is a very long wave”, curated by Sarah Hibbs, at SYRUP Contemporary, 2024
Curated by Sarah Hibbs
‘A tide is a very long wave’ presents new and existing work from seven Australian artists; Joshua Edward, Yvette James, Clara Joyce, Izabela Pluta, Salote Tawale and Shan Turner Carroll; with, a new poem by Anne-Marie Te Whiu.
The gravitational forces between the Earth’s oceans and its moon give rise both to the tides and the curatorial concept. The exhibition explores the themes of tidal systems, from the metaphorical longing inherent in distant celestial attraction, the politics and lore of oceanspace, through the complex interplay of physical systems resolving in a steady periodicity, to the malleable nature of water itself.
Download the exhibition essay
Listen to Anne Marie Te Whiu’s poem ‘reading waves’
Read June Miskell’s review on Memo
From left to right: Clara Joyce, detail of Breathing and Chaos, 2024, 168 x 198 cm, oil and acrylic on canvas; Water Vision Instrument, 2023 260 x 60 x 70 cm, perspex, water, steel; Salote Tawale, I don’t see colour, 2021. single channel video, 5 minutes 44 seconds.
From left to right: Shan Turner-Carroll, Pushing rocks, 2024, Installation, dimensions variable, Foam, plaster, acrylic paint, glass, found glasses, found glass, found sticks, video, projector; Izabela Pluta, Counterspace (The Pacific: visualisation of bottom of the pacific / relief of bottom south parts), 2021, 52 x 63 cm each (set of 2) diptych, Silver gelatin photographs (contact negatives); unique; Izabela Pluta, Counterspace (The Pacific: twilight schedule / sunset schedule), 2021, 52 x 63 cm each (set of 2) diptych, Silver gelatin photographs (contact negatives); unique; Izabela Pluta, Moon construct (after Nesmyth and Carson) , 2024, 35 x 29cm, Lumen print on Silver gelatin paper; unique.
From left to right: Izabela Pluta, Counterspace (The Pacific: visualisation of bottom of the pacific / relief of bottom south parts), 2021, 52 x 63 cm each (set of 2) diptych, Silver gelatin photographs (contact negatives); unique; Izabela Pluta, Counterspace (The Pacific: twilight schedule / sunset schedule), 2021, 52 x 63 cm each (set of 2) diptych, Silver gelatin photographs (contact negatives); unique; Izabela Pluta, Moon construct (after Nesmyth and Carson) , 2024, 35 x 29cm, Lumen print on Silver gelatin paper; unique.
Installation view, “A tide is a very long wave”, 2024, SYRUP Contemporary
Background: Shan Turnerl-Carroll, Sun and Moon Walk 4, 2015 92 x 132 cm, Photographic print mounted on aluminium
Foreground: Yvette James, As we pull the earth towards ourselves, 2024, Motor oil, steel, silver
Left: Clara Joyce, Water Vision Instrument, 2023 260 x 60 x 70 cm, perspex, water, steel
Middle: Clara Joyce, Open Caustic (1), 2024, 110 x 120 cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Right: Clara Joyce, Breathing and Chaos, 2024, 168 x 198 cm, oil and acrylic on canvas
Left: Shan Turner-Carroll, Sun and Moon Walk 2, 2015, 92 x 132cm, Photographic print mounted on aluminium
Middle: Shan Turner-Carroll, Sun and Moon Walk 3, 2015, 92 x 132cm, Photographic print mounted on aluminium
Right: Shan Turner-Carroll, Sun and Moon Walk 4, 2015, 92 x 132cm, Photographic print mounted on aluminium
Joshua Edward, … Shadows move across her face…after UNTITLED (NOTES ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND, FROM THE AUTHOR) (2021, ie.) 2024, framed photograph, unique
Left: Joshua Edward, After:…Shadows move across her face… 2024, beeswax, refined wax, MDF, acrylic paint, unique
Right: Joshua Edward, shadows move across her face plates I-V, 2024, aluminium, glass, 250g sea salt, polylactic acid, sterling sliver, five plates each 60 x 40 x 2.5 cm, signed verso, unique
Detail, Joshua Edward, After:…Shadows move across her face… 2024, beeswax, refined wax, MDF, acrylic paint, unique