HOTEL PARTY, 3AM by SARAH CONTOS
- All Day | Tuesday November 10, 2026
- Good Chemistry | Ace Hotel Sydney
- 47-53 Wentworth Ave.
HOTEL PARTY, 3AM by SARAH CONTOS
October 2026 – January 2027
Ace Hotel Sydney Artist in Residence
in partnership with Curated by UNSW Galleries
Developed as part of our Artist in Residence program, Hotel Party, 3AM evokes the aftermath of a night in Las Vegas, when the exhilaration of excess gives way to the uneasy anticipation of daylight. Bringing together found imagery from popular culture and cinema, kaleidoscopic patterns, shimmering metallic surfaces, and neon lights, Sarah Contos creates a theatrical assemblage of fragmented visions and sensations. References to cult films, including Carrie, Un Chien Andalou, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, collide with fluorescent colours and textures reminiscent of deflated Mylar balloons and discarded candy wrappers. Although suggestive of soft, crumpled materials, the work is constructed from images and fabrics mounted onto aluminium panels and riveted together,
giving its seemingly ephemeral surfaces a hard, sculptural presence.
Moving between glamour and unease, seduction and disillusionment, Hotel Party, 3AM captures the strange psychological atmosphere of a party nearing its end, when the television flickers, the night begins to unravel, and the sugar high threatens to give way to a sweet, impending doom.
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