Moving, Making, Moving; Embodied Ecologies 

Opening Reception was held on Thursday, October 17, 2024.

“Moving Making Moving: Embodied Ecologies” takes its title from the artist’s undergraduate thesis, which presented movement and chance as a framework for creation. This exhibition takes the concept a step further to become a performative contemplation space. Across her video artwork, Lian combines dance and design to imbue themes like memory, chronic pain, and loneliness with tenderness and play. 

The exhibition features ten video art pieces from 2021-2024, alongside “Scores for Dreaming,” a set of handwritten scores that pay homage to the relationships between the human and nonhuman consciousness of pain, memory, and ecology.

Lian is an artist and designer based in Beacon, N.Y. Her work ranges from conventional identities to illustration, printed matter, and video art. She is currently a graphic designer at BAGGU with a focus on stores. Across her personal work, Lian combines dance and design. 

The gallery is open Monday through Friday during normal business hours, or by appointment through Friday, December 6. Email cma-gallery@msmc.edu for more information.