December 16 - 20, 2020
Daily from sundown to park close, 4:30pm-1:00am
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3
Waters of a Lower Register is an outdoor project and can be safely
experienced while social distancing. Learn more at creativetime.org/waters-of-a-...
We are pleased to announce Allison Janae Hamilton’s immersive installation, Waters of a Lower Register-in its juxtaposition of the natural world’s wonder and challenges, particularly in with the rhythms of a city in cataclysm, we are reminded that the land holds all that we experience, past and present. Shot in part in the aftermath of a tropical storm from Hamilton’s native North Florida, this installation uses the material of land-and the histories and tensions carried within-as a metaphor to reflect the range of emotions that this tumultuous year has manifested, gesturing towards the overlap between complex environmental issues and social histories.
Situated in Pier 3 of Brooklyn Bridge Park, the five channel film experience becomes embedded into the expanse of the horizon line of the East River, mingling contrasting but interrelated natural sightlines together. Standing at this juncture, once the start to a Lenape walking trail leading east, it is impossible to ignore the impact of the devastating diseases-smallpox, measles, yellow fever, cholera, and now COVID-19- that were introduced to these shores and ran rampant in the density of urban life. The film, full of natural beauty and motion, intersperses swirling landscapes and atmospheric sounds, reorienting up and down and moving between quiet and frenetic, contemplative and chaotic. Through its affective invocation of disparate waterways in the American landscape, Hamilton invites viewers to both reflect on and relate to the narratives nature reveals as it mirrors back all that it witnesses.