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The body isn’t a battery that discharges upon death
Photo: Jesse Ly
The body isn’t a battery that discharges upon death (2026)
Manami Ishimura, Justin Hodges, Ian Hersko, Natalie Lerner, Jesse Ly, Plume Girl
Curated by Sean J Patrick Carney
The Carnegie | Covington, KY | 03 April to 08 August 2026
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.
All images by Jesse Ly.
