Documentation from “The body isn’t a battery that discharges upon death,” on view at The Carnegie in Covington, KY, through August 08. Featuring Manami Ishimura, Ian Hersko, Justin Hodges, Natalie Lerner, Jesse Ly, and Plume Girl (Sowmya Somanath). Curated by Sean J Patrick Carney.
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Set along the Ohio–Kentucky seam, “The body isn’t a battery that discharges upon death” gathers works attentive to material residue and afterimages. Each piece is an instrument tuned to a minor key that uses monochrome, drone, and repetition to ground the senses. Moving slowly through The Carnegie, visitors encounter extradimensional traces and haunts, but also budding timelines.
As the exhibition opens, spring returns to the Ohio River. Honeysuckle reanimates along mortar lines; herons and egrets come back; winter’s grief loosens, settling into compost and feeding the cycle again. There’s a gothic comfort in certain inevitabilities.
Special thanks to Sso-Rha Kang for the invitation and trust to curate this exhibition.
📸: Jesse Ly (@jessely )
Opening TONIGHT, 04/10: The REALLY BIG (and really small) Drink Show at SAGE Studio. Come see curiously sized 🥤🧃🧉 sculptures, scope new merch, and pick up a copy of the very limited edition BEVERAGES zine, featuring original works by SAGE artists, plus contributions from an INCREDIBLE roster of Friends of SAGE:
Alex Boeschenstein
Alex Da Corte
Ana Fabrega
Andreas Laszlo Konrath
Anthony Cudahy
Azikiwe Mohammed
Ben Mistak
Beth Schindler
Carlos Rosales-Silva
Chloe Wise
Christine Sun Kim
Daniel J. Glendening
Hannah Spector
Henry Smith
Jeff Williams
Mark Menjivar
Michael Smith
Molly Soda
Sara Sremac
Virginia L. Montgomery
On view through May 22! Online zine orders coming soon…
Out now in Southwest Contemporary: “Heaven, Hell, and H-E-B,” an essay on the Donner Party; archaeological aesthetics; a Mormon photographer named Roy D. Tea; the building of Interstate 80; Guillermo Galindo’s instruments fashioned from border detritus; Richard Misrach’s landscape photographs; and Francesca Lally’s winking speculative fiction about far-future Texas, where archaeologists interpret the hulking ruins of football stadiums and supermarkets. Pick up a physical copy throughout the Southwest, or read online via the link in my bio.
🌳 Behind the scenes of Manami Ishimura's installation: En/円 #2 (2022). See it this Friday, April 3, as part of "The body isn’t a battery that discharges upon death" curated by Sean J Patrick Carney.
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3 from 5-8pm
Curator and Artist Walkthrough: Saturday, April 4 at noon
Photos by Rachael Banks. @rachaelcbanks
Special thanks to Kara Daniel.
Presented by The Annex Gallery
Programming supported by 12 Paws Pickle Ball Club.
🕯️Opening April 3: "The body isn’t a battery that discharges upon death" curated by Sean J Patrick Carney.
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3 from 5-8pm
Curator and Artist Walkthrough: Saturday, April 4 at noon
Artists: Manami Ishimura, Ian Hersko, Justin Hodges, Jesse Ly, Natalie Lerner and Plume Girl.
Set along the Ohio–Kentucky seam, "The body isn’t a battery that discharges upon death" gathers works attentive to material residue and afterimages. Moving slowly through The Carnegie, visitors encounter extradimensional traces and haunts, but also budding timelines.
Image 2: Manami Ishimura, En/円 #2 (2022).
Image 3: Jesse Ly, Our Gardens (Marigolds), 2026.
Presented by The Annex Gallery
Programming supported by 12 Paws Pickle Ball Club.
In my first piece for Aperture, I wrote about Victoria Sambunaris, whose landscape photographs document the American West with the attention and criticality that it demands. Getting to know Vicky was such a privilege. Thanks to my editor Zack Hatfield for the introduction, and the invitation to contribute.
BIG things are happening in the studio with our Visiting Artist Sean!🥤Mark your calendars for the opening of THE REALLY BIG (and really small) DRINK SHOW on April 10th!
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Image 1: Henry McDonald working on a giant papier-mâché can of @drinkbigred .
Image 2: Alan Rivera working on a giant papier-mâché can of @drpepper .
Image 3: Rick Fleming working on a giant papier-mâché can of @mountaindew .
Image 4: Yesenia Duran working on a giant papier-mâché bottle of @gatorade .
Image 5: A group photo in the studio.
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#SAGEStudioATX #PapierMâché #Soda #ArtStudio #ArtistsWithDisabilities #AustinArt
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank welcome Sean J Partick Carney to discuss his 10-part series, Time Zero, on the nuclearized world. Find this interview wherever you get your podcasts.
🥤 Beverages! I’m having the time of my life collaborating with the artists at SAGE Studio in Austin. We are working on an ambitious exhibition for April (and an accompanying zine!) about the hottest topic in every art studio: BEVERAGES.
If you’re not familiar with SAGE, they are a non-profit art space in east Austin that provides artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities the materials, space, and support to produce, exhibit, and sell their artwork. Hit the link in my bio to learn more about their mission, to buy some art, or to make a donation.
Huge thanks to Lucy, Katie, and Rosie at SAGE for inviting me to be their inaugural Visiting Artist. More very soon 👀
