long violence dreamt me west

li rothrock and Northlight Gallery warmly invite you to rothrock’s solo MFA thesis exhibition, long violence dreamt me west, on view March 21– at Northlight Gallery in Phoenix (605 E Grant Street). There will be an artist talk at 6.30pm.

Powerlines and trees connect communities, sharing resources, spreading communication. When the ties between them are cut, only a memory of the bond remains. That memory shifts as it passes from mouth to mouth, malleable as copper, occluding and redefining the original relationship; a story broken from its context and reimagined again and again.

A thought begins in Chinese, is spoken in English. This dislocation echoes throughout the ensuing generations in forms both hopeful and estranging.