Artist Talk with Jodi Lightner: Exhibition: Suspended Intervals

Suspended Intervals investigates the possibility of pausing our collective expectation in exchange for the permission of individual experience. This experience is found in the cadence of rationalization, the rhythm of individual response, and the persuasion of belief which complicates the unconscious drive towards collectivity. Individuality requires nurturing, practice, and patience. Intervals are the variations between the internalized experience and the cooperative external, the patterns of recognition, sequences of behavior, and the interruptions of our perspective. This means go in with an open mind. Take part, be present, and pause in consideration of the possibilities. Suspended Intervals is an installation of sculpture and large-scale drawings that express the individual pursuit of stability and certainty.
This exhibition is a true collaboration of Mark Earnhart and Jodi Lightner. Though the works will be created separately, and the ideas interpreted individually, they will be cohesive throughout the exhibition and address ideas of the mechanics of structural elements as well as the social glue that keeps communities working and moving together. The installation will take cues from the architecture to allow a conversation between drawings and sculptures with the intent to change the perception of the space for the viewer.