The body isn’t a battery that discharges upon death

Opening Reception: Friday, April 3 from 5-8pm

Curator and Artist Walkthrough: Saturday, April 4 at noon

Curated by Sean J Patrick Carney

Presented by The Annex Gallery

Programming supported by 12 Paws Pickle Ball Club.

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.

Artists: Manami Ishimura, Ian Hersko, Justin Hodges, Jesse Ly, Natalie Lerner and Plume Girl.

Image: Jesse Ly, Our Gardens (Marigolds), 2026.