This Was Water

Projection by Jessica Greenberg, Music by Carey Campbell, Sculptures by Kellie Bornhoft

 This was water is an interactive sculpture, sound, and video installation at the Dumke Arts Plaza in Ogden, bringing attention to the developing environmental crisis of the evaporating Great Salt Lake.

“The sculptures are modeled after the gypsum crystals, or “dirty diamonds”, that emerge through the salty crust at the Great Salt Lake. The lake is drying up at unsustainable rates due to water consumption and climate change. As the water’s edge recedes, the clay lakebed is exposed. The crystals form in the land that misses water. The crystals form so rapidly (in geologic time) that they capture the surrounding clay and tar which muddies the transparent crystals–hence the name dirty diamonds.” - KB

The installation is in the plaza for several months, and various artists have been invited to engage with the work in different capacities. I did a one night pop-up performance with Carey Campbell as he remixed his composition, using audio responsive projection mapping.