Gummamagic is Edward Barns’ second solo exhibition and first Sydney presentation, capturing the animals surrounding his home in Gumma on the Mid North Coast of NSW. Drawn from observing the surrounding environment with his mother, Donna, the paintings reflect the wildlife Ed greets daily, alongside an immersive soundscape created together that brings the landscape to life.

Discord Kittens and Muck Puppies explores sentiments of loneliness, grief and misunderstanding as digital connection feels atomised through quantity rather than quality of contact. What happens when signals are crossed rather than interrupted? What does it mean to feel isolated in a mass culture distilled or distorted through personalisation, algorithms and a lack of shared language? How and where do we find connection when we are struggling to relate to each other?

Paper Feed reimagines the endless scroll as a wind-activated field of drawing, movement and landscape. Through accumulation of analogue mark-making, Kristone Capistrano considers how the handmade image might interrupt screen-based habits of looking, drawing viewers into a slower encounter with memory, presence and the sublime.

Break-even point is a speculative exhibition exploring labour in art, looking at what happens at the intersection of the arts worker/artist experience, and wondering what makes it worth it?