Opening Reception Saturday, May 17, 6-8pm
On View: Sunday May 18 –Thursday, May 22
Gallery Hours: 11am–9pm
INHALE May 17, 1-5:30pm
EXHALE May 18, 1-5:30pm
“This is the place where I dwell in order to be connected to the infinite. I can dwell in this place and inside of me is an alter. Inside of me is a temple. Inside of me is a door that connects to the all.” -Prentis Hemphill
To be in our body is the opposite of a singular experience. Body as a Conduit is grounded in breath and reciprocity, while articulating boundaries. Here boundaries are not divisive, but the edges we travel between, informing our rhythm. We cannot
have an infinite inhale or exhale. There's care in the edges that bounce us back into our oscillations.
Through artists imagery, subject matter, and making processes, a collective alchemy is summoned. Installations of molten wax, sculptures in glass, photographs of family, and quivering shells on a speaker attune our senses to inform a harmonious breath. A private yet universal tempo is conjured, and we too are invited to meet one another in passage.
In this exhibition, 11 artists examine the flux between automated and conscious rhythms. Ceramic artist Maya Beverly visualizes repetition in her sculpture Ascend where the figure seems to multiply like cells expanding vertically, linked by bead-like orbs of glossy black and gold leaf. Her work alludes to multitudes or generations as she extends figures in space. Artist and breathwork practitioner Amy Greco grows her textile work from the center outward, knitting in a circular motion. Through deliberate dropped stitches, her process speaks to surrender and the ripple effect of ruptures informing our expansion. With her investigation of fiber holding transferred energy, the work presents infinite interconnected pathways to travel by. Breath carries us from the fractals of our lungs, to trees, and back again, exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide in sacred opposition and recurrence. This exhibition reframes our relationship with the external as traveling through us, portraying our environment as the body’s extension and mirror. In this way, breath changes the shape of our confines.
Featured Artists: Amirtha Arasu, Maya Beverly, Marcy Chevali, Nazli Efe, Meaghan Elyse, Amy Greco, Elisa Lutteral, Khepera Lyons-Clark, Rose Malenfant, Cici Osias, Dena Paige Fischer
Curated by Rose Malenfant of AIR16
Cover Image: Stranger llllll by Elisa Lutteral
