MARROW/GRAIN

GRAIN | MARROW is a multimedia art exhibition by mother and daughter from Chicago, Colleen Plumb and Ruth Plumb, that endeavors to recognize the invisible forces and elements of the Earth. Through tree, rock, waters, and fire, they listen and pay attention to the more-than-human being that entangle and connect us at this moment in time, in this configuration of earthly material.

MARROW: Experiments with collected Sycamore tree material from the blocks where Colleen lives and works in Chicago Edgewater. Photograms made from many-seasons worth of shed Sycamore bark, an installation of deadfall branches skinned raw, photographs and video of bark in transition to ash, and knots like knuckle-bones, peeled, washed and charred.

GRAIN: A writing, an installation, a video, a sound performance, is an ongoing investigation by Ruth that considers the movement and transformation of sand grains as a model of the ceaseless change, turnover, and regeneration of nature, the Earth, and the cosmos across time. She strives to reveal the vast interconnectedness of life, form, energy, and time. Visitors to the space will walk through a projection of fire on front glass, step among the grounding sand grain-ribs sculpted across the floor, view and listen to the color and b&w photographic prints in surround, pass corners with branch-forests pressed dense, and enter a back space with video, a moving body of water projected. Her related handmade book and lyric essay will alao be on display.
Additonal events include:
• Oct. 11, 7pm sound performance by Ruth Plumb during the opening reception 6-9 pm Friday.
• Conversation with the artists on October 19, 4-6pm.
* Closing reception with music on October 30th. * Ongoing work by the artists in-residence at Lightforms during the exhibition, October 9-31,
open Thursday-Monday 12-6pm, and available by appointment.