HOLDING ME,
HOLDING YOU
Jan. 10 - Feb. 01, 2026
Carnation Contemporary
Portland, OR
Opening Reception
Jan. 10, 5-8 pm
More events listed below
EXHIBITION STATEMENT
Holding Me, Holding You is an immersive installation featuring abstract projection-mapped animation and sound compositions that open paths to new futures through ecology, relational aesthetics, and the phenomenological.
Slowness is not just a method; it is a core strategy of Hadley’s practice—a deliberate act of healing from and resistance against a culture that often reduces the value of human life to what one produces while prioritizing rapid consumption and immediate outcomes. Facilitated here by perceptual experience, slowness and stillness invite reflection and connection and create space to imagine the ways in which we will remake our world.
Visitors are ushered into the darkness by small light works before discovering the full-room installation that is the focal point of this show. There, they will navigate the space, each other, and, if they remain still for long enough, perhaps the sequestered locales within their own inner landscape.
Holding Me, Holding You is an immersive installation featuring abstract projection-mapped animation and sound compositions that open paths to new futures through ecology, relational aesthetics, and the phenomenological.
Slowness is not just a method; it is a core strategy of Hadley’s practice—a deliberate act of healing from and resistance against a culture that often reduces the value of human life to what one produces while prioritizing rapid consumption and immediate outcomes. Facilitated here by perceptual experience, slowness and stillness invite reflection and connection and create space to imagine the ways in which we will remake our world.
Visitors are ushered into the darkness by small light works before discovering the full-room installation that is the focal point of this show. There, they will navigate the space, each other, and, if they remain still for long enough, perhaps the sequestered locales within their own inner landscape.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Sat., Jan. 24th
7:00-8:00 p
A conversation with Dr. Grant Vetter:
From Rhizomatic to Lichen Politics: Habitation as a form of Revolutionary-Becoming in the work of Pamela Hadley.
7:00-8:00 p
A conversation with Dr. Grant Vetter:
From Rhizomatic to Lichen Politics: Habitation as a form of Revolutionary-Becoming in the work of Pamela Hadley.
Sat., Jan. 24th
8:30 - 11:30 p
Dance party! Immediately following the discussion with Dr. Vetter, join us and bring a friend for some fun and community at Disjecta, right next door to Carnation. The exhibition will remain open for viewing during the party. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. More info to come.
8:30 - 11:30 p
Dance party! Immediately following the discussion with Dr. Vetter, join us and bring a friend for some fun and community at Disjecta, right next door to Carnation. The exhibition will remain open for viewing during the party. Light refreshments will be available for purchase. More info to come.
Sun., Jan. 25th
6 - 7:30 p
Sonar Session An opportunity to share strategies for grief, resilience, and solidarity. Bring an excerpt from a reading that is helping you through this time, especially if it inspires strength and action. We will gather in the exhibition, in the dark, and take turns reading to each other. If you prefer, someone can read it for you. Or, play a section from a podcast that you find particularly meaningful.
6 - 7:30 p
Sonar Session An opportunity to share strategies for grief, resilience, and solidarity. Bring an excerpt from a reading that is helping you through this time, especially if it inspires strength and action. We will gather in the exhibition, in the dark, and take turns reading to each other. If you prefer, someone can read it for you. Or, play a section from a podcast that you find particularly meaningful.
Voluntary contributions are welcome (via Venmo QR codes on site), but all events are FREE to attend.
RSVP for events below - not required, but very appreciated.
ABOUT DR. GRANT VETTER
With over twenty-five years of experience in the arts, Dr. Grant Vetter has exhibited his work with or served as a curator for an extensive array of colleges and arts institutions in the US, Europe and East Asia. Dr. Vetter has been an instructor at institutions such as the Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Arizona State University, Sci-ARCH, and the California African American Museum. He completed his Post-Doc in the International Curators Program at the NODE Center for Curatorial Studies in Berlin and he holds degrees from the European Graduate School, the University of California, Irvine, the Critical Theory Institute, and the Art Center College of Design and is the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards. He writes reviews of art exhibitions and is the author of The Architecture of Control (Zero Books), which proposed a new lexicon for understanding relations of power/knowledge in the twenty-first century, and Spaceboy & The Supercognate, co-authored with Justin Bower, which examines the fate of humanity in the age of artificial intelligence. He is currently represented by Durden + Ray in Los Angeles. grantvetter.info | @grant.vetter
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