Georgie Friedman: Hurricane Lost
2021 | Georgie Friedman: Hurricane Lost, an eight channel sculptural video installation and soundscape by sound artist Radio Sloan swirls around visitors as they choose their path through the storm.
Georgie Friedman: Hurricane Lost
January 27 – April 4, 2021
Georgie Friedman’s large-scale, immersive video installations reference our changing climate and extreme weather phenomena. The rapidly melting glaciers, resultant sea-level rise, and warming oceans are increasing the intensity of hurricanes and lead to more frequent, and more-often-catastrophic weather events. Visually metaphoric and experiential, Hurricane Lost captures the inherent power of nature and visualizes the effects of our changing climate.
As visitors intuitively navigate the curved video-covered forms, they are invited to contemplate their relationship to both the natural and built environment. Hurricane Lost inventively addresses the climate crisis not by providing more scientific data, facts, and figures, but rather by enticing a visceral, emotive response through an immersive sound and light environment. Despite its meditative, aesthetically provocative presentation, it serves as a powerful call to action as it asks whether we can imagine a different, better future. And if so, whether we are willing to change the way we act and make the choices needed to get us there.