Experience the Hottest Day on Earth at FEED
Installation features performance, visual, sound, video, and projection
The latest exhibit to enliven the space at FEED Media Art Center at 1307 State St. combines media and performances to create a one-of-a-kind art experience that tackles the climate crisis and issues of environmental justice.
The installation, curated by FEED owner Benton Bainbridge, features media art by D-Fuse (London), Melissa A. Troutman and The Sound Serum (Erie), Matos (Bronx), iki nakagawa (Brooklyn) and KellyKillz (Erie). Also on view is mobile art by E.S.P. TV (activated by Erie Art Company), a sound art installation by William Laziza, a video sculpture installation by Nathaniel Hale Garnon and Michalina Wilińska, and a projection sculpture by Liquid Light Factory. You can also catch (2024 40 Under 40 honoree) Todd Parapacic creating live drawings.
All of the artists' work included in the installation centers around the climate crisis – this is achieved in a number of ways and centering around different elements of the environment throughout the space including:
- The health of our waterways in Nora Almeida and iki nakagawa movement based work entitled Watershed Activation
- D-Fuse's audiovisual work which centers around human consumption of Earth's resources
- A short film/poem/performance entitled You Call Me Lake Erie by Melissa A. Troutman with music composed by Anthony Carson (Sound Serum) which explores how humans interact with nature
- A diptych by iki nakagawa which features projections and immersive audiovisual documentations of conservation actions, urban nature, waterway pollution, and planting beach grass
- A digital art piece by KellyKilz which examines the relationship between media, consumers, politics, and the environment
- Analog video combined with 3D models by artist Matos which explores the claustrophobia of the world
- Liquid Light Factory's video sculpture entitled PA Dutch Barn Quilt offers a contemporary take on a centuries-old tradition
- Multiple various (sometimes interactive) installations created from materials scavenged from FEED Media Art's basement (artists William Laziza, Nathaniel Hale Garnon, and Michalina Wilińska)
FEED Media Art Center's current exhibit The Hottest Day on Earth is available to view weekends, during open hours on Fridays from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. They are located at 1307 State St. with special exhibits also available at 13 W. 13th St. There is a suggested donation of $5-$10. See feed.art for more information.
