Harbingers

The columns start as stark white linen gauze, painted with India ink and then burned with a candle, so the flame leaves holes and charred edges. Dozens of them hang from the ceiling as tree-like cylinders, and root-like lines drawn into the paint stand for the connections between trees that you can't see.

You walk along paths between them. Small paintings allude to what a wildfire leaves behind, and a video projection, Inhale/Exhale, Until the Last Breath, opens on a quiet hike through thriving forest past still ponds. It then sets that peace against climate anxiety and an atmosphere in transition. Rosing says she uses forests as her lens on climate, atmosphere and the carbon and water cycles.

Late November in Dupont Circle, with the plane trees stripped bare, is the nearest competition to this room. Admission is free with a suggested $10 donation. The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday 12 to 6 and weekends 12 to 5, closed Mondays, and the show runs to 29 November.