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WATERLINES - Somerville Museum
December 15, 2022 – March 22, 2023
Ann Hirsch + Jeremy Angier
Caitlin & Misha
Faith Johnson
Georgie Friedman
Heather Kapplow
Somerville Museum, MA
Ann Hirsch + Jeremy Angier
Caitlin & Misha
Faith Johnson
Georgie Friedman
Heather Kapplow
Public Opening Reception
Thursday, December 15 | 6-8 PM
This exhibit presents newly rendered works by five noted local artists that invite us to consider the ecological, spiritual, and social dimensions of water and ask us to reawaken our personal connection with it.
HOURS
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Thursdays, 2–7 pm
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Fridays, 2–5 pm (First Fridays of each month are free)
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Saturdays, 12–5 pm
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MUSEUM ADMISSION - $5
Plan your visit: https://www.somervillemuseum.org/admission
Somerville Museum | 1 Westwood Rd | Somerville, MA 02143
For this exhibit - Georgie Friedman has created:
Three-channel, site-specific, video installation
on existing architecture
Approx. 10 ft x 42 ft x 4 ft
Continuous loop (silent)
2022
Video installation documentation, 1:44 min
Confluere (To flow together) is a three-channel, site-specific, video installation inspired by, and designed, for the two-hundred-thirty year old Bulfinch “flying double staircase” and the lands historically inhabited by the Pawtucket confederation of Algonquin-speaking tribes, including the Massachusetts. 1
This installation aims to create a visual environment in which global tidal waters / the past and the present / and the distant and the local / flow together and apart / divided and rejoined / by the architectural form.
Image from: https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/105465
Exhibit programing
Check the exhibit page for more events and updates.
Private Preview Party
Saturday, December 3rd, 6-8 PM
Curator Tour
Saturday, February 18, 5–6pm
Georgie Friedman, "Artist Hours"
Saturday, March 11, 1-3 pm
Dinosaur Annex Assembly (Performance)
Sunday, March 12, 3–4:30 pm
Water Meditations, with Artist Faith Johnson
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• Saturday, January 7, 11:30 AM
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• Saturday, February 11, 11:30 AM
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• Wednesday, March 22, 7:30 PM
Heather Kapplow, Water Walking Tour
Sunday, March 19, 1–2:30pm
World Water Day and Closing Celebration Event
Wednesday, March 22, 6pm
WATERLINES:
Stories of Urban Ebb and Flow
Curated by Community Curator, Arlinda Shtuni
As human beings, we are powerfully drawn to water. Every important passage of our lives is touched by water. However, as urban dwellers, we often have an abstract connection to it, as invisible infrastructures and complex systems of water lines bring it to us. How has our need for water shaped the city over time? And as our cities densify and water cycles change, how can we envision the future? How will we navigate droughts and floods, learn to adapt to our changing environment, and move in new ways?
The exhibit also showcases, Dialogues with Water, is a site-specific installation of soundscapes and sound acousmatic works by a group of Northeastern University music students guided by Pr. Hubert Ho. From inviting us to follow the journey of underground water rise to the surface, to letting us meditate near calm waters, and thrusting us into a storm, these aesthetically eclectic pieces respond to the exhibit in myriad ways. At times, the sonic landscapes meld naturally with artworks; at others, the sounds work in counterpoint with them, prompting full immersion and deep reflection on our complicated relationship with water.
What is your relationship with water?
Fill out the water questionnaire.
Artist Websites
PRESS
"Ripple Effects: Diving into “Waterlines” at the Somerville Museum," Jacqueline Houton, Boston Art Review, March 13, 2023
"'Waterlines' At Somerville Museum Mulls Our Relationship With Water," Greg Cook, Wonderland, Jan 24, 2023 (images and video)
Waterlines: Stories of Ebb and Flow, Cate McQuaid, Arts, The Ticket, Boston Globe, Jan 19, 2023
all images, video and other content © georgie friedman