Losing Winter

http://losingwinter.net

2018 - ongoing, site-specific, participatory, video, audio, augmented reality mobile app (free for iOS devices)

Losing Winter is a site-specific, participatory artwork and archive of memories and emotions about winter, revealing the personal and cultural ties we have to the season and reflecting upon what we are collectively losing due to climate change impacts on seasonal patterns. The project addresses the phenomenon of environmental amnesia, wherein with each new generation the changed or degraded state of the environment is perceived as normal, by preserving personal memories about the season as it was in the past in a particular location. The project is activated through the participation of local communities, site-specific exhibitions, and virtually through a dedicated augmented reality mobile application. Losing Winter was first realized with the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, Romania in 2018 and has since been realized in several other locations. Each activation of the project is unique and site-specific.

Detail of installation at the StadsGalerij for Witte Rook in Breda, NL; projected video, photography, audio, fabric, steel, and Foley sound.

Stills from videos, from activation for Witte Rook, Breda, NL, 2023-24, with community partners Park Zuiderhout, an elder adult living community, and Podium Bloos, a nomadic theatre.

Losing Winter - Witte Rook in Breda, NL

Activation of Losing Winter in Breda, NL hosted by Witte Rook

Stills from AR mobile app as viewed in exhibition at The Peale, Baltimore, MD, 2022.

Losing Winter (mobile app excerpt)

Activation for Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2022, which fostered an intergenerational dialog between people aged 60+ in Springfield, MA and Smith College theatre students.

Losing Winter (Oresman Gallery, Smith College)

Activation for Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2022, which fostered an intergenerational dialog between people aged 60+ in Springfield, MA and Smith College theatre students.

View of exhibition at Maryland Center for History and Culture, 2021-22. Winter memories from Marylanders were set within an exhibition of historical photographs and films showing Maryland in winter over a 100 year period.

Ice sculpture based on a memory contributed by a participant at opening reception at MCHC.

View of exhibition at VisArts, Rockville, MD, 2021, featuring recorded memories from elder adults from area that served as inspiration for children in fused glass and fabric collage workshops.