About the Project
We Were Water Once / 2225 is the second in a series of five intended video art pavilions. Each installation explores a different artistic-societal theme.
WWWO / 2225 centers on the theme of water and memory in a time of rapid and unpredictable climate change.
The work is a public collaboration.
Brief, intimate, personal memories of water contributed by you and the public will be continuously woven into the piece in both the digital and physical installations.
I encourage you to contribute your own memory of water. A memory from your childhood. Or a recent impression. An encounter with the sea. A memory of snow, rainfall, clouds. A dripping faucet. A scary storm. Any moment that sticks with you. We all have them.
Click "My Water Memory" to upload your 15-to-60 second selfie Water Memory video and share your Water Memory with the world! Complete instructions are on the Water Memory webpage.
WWWO / 2225 will automatically blend your memory into the artwork and randomly choose the next Water Memory it displays. In this way WWWO / 2225 evolves with its participants and their memories and, like water, will be ever-changing.
Or click Follow to simply follow the project's progress. In addition to an ongoing digital installation the project will be physically installed at a location in Ulster County, New York in the Summer of 2025. The venue is TBD -- you'll be among the first to know!
This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
