An order into another

Artist:
Sydney Jarrett

Sydney Jarrett is a sculptor working on Gadigal land. His practice explores the semiotics & structures of regulatory bodies and systems of control. He is materially engaged in practices of loitering and gestures of refusal.

Jarrett renders a steel bar forking in unpredictable directions with the zigzagged randomness of a lightning bolt. The steel bar is the stalk of a stop sign, the barrier of the prison or the scaffolding of a construction site. But, there’s a levity to the sculpture, the material that builds structures of support and confinement has miraculously turned into lightning. Through this symbol – a random strike of electrical discharge or a new idea – Jarrett suggests a reimagination of the rigid, structural material where it is displaced of its semiotic associations.

— Levent Can Kaya

April 24 - May 18, 2025

Curated by Clare Wigney
Words by Levent Can Kaya

Schmick Contemporary acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation upon whose unceded lands we live and work.
We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.

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