Opening 5pm Saturday 7 February, in Gallery 2

Remanere is a collaborative project by Chloe Nolan (Boorloo/Naarm) and Jacob Sturgeon (Naarm) born from their shared experiences of burnout. The title derives from the Latin roots re (intensive force) and manere (to stay), reflecting the artists’ meditation on the pressures of perpetual arousal and anxiety under neo-liberal capitalism. The work destabilises motifs of hyperstimulation and info-sphere excess; pharmaceuticals, psychological quizzes, chemical compounds, and incorporates methods of play, novelty, and rumination as ways to explore labour, idleness, and creative rejuvenation.

Image: Dylan Marelic, Blister Pack (Technical Drawing), 2025, 3D render created for Chloe Nolan based on her sleep medication.

Chloe Nolan (she/her) is a Naarm and Boorloo-based artist working across video, installation, and sculpture. Central to her practice is rumination, both psychological and iterative, which she employs through collecting and reconfiguring materials, images, and narratives which explore vulnerability, self-reflection, and the power of exposing one’s inner state.

Jacob Sturgeon (he/him) is a Naarm-based artist exploring the boundaries of physical, social, and virtual systems. His work maps parasitic structures from atomised perspectives, destabilising the individual and blurring matter and experience. Through relational assemblages, he challenges anthropocentric views, inviting perception attuned to multiplicities and interconnected worlds of humans and non-humans.

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