Embracing unpredictability and physical process in immersive art with Georgie Friedman

Creating New Spaces: Interviews with artists redefining spaces through technology

In this podcast, discover how physical prototyping, water systems, and shifting sound and light bring Georgie Friedman’s installations to life.

In this interview, Georgie Friedman explores the creative process behind Dissolution, an immersive installation blending spatial sound, projection-mapped video and dripping water to evoke a dark, cave-like stillness. The work was installed at Gallery A2, part of Artisans Asylum, a collaborative makerspace in Boston.

Georgie is a Boston-based interdisciplinary media artist and educator. Her background in film, sculpture and digital media informs a practice rooted in physical experimentation, environmental phenomena and spatial design.

Listen to this podcast to learn about:

• Why physical prototyping is essential for immersive media work

• Creating installations that incorporate live water

• How projection mapping changes when your surfaces sway, drip and shift

Chapters

(00:00:00) Introduction to the Dissolution

(00:00:33) Podcast introduction and acknowledgements

(00:01:14) Interview with Georgie Friedman begins

(00:01:35) Exploring the installation Dissolution

(00:03:06) Concept and inspiration behind the piece

(00:05:46) Technical aspects and challenges

(00:09:42) Projection mapping and unexpected outcomes

(00:16:24) Reflections and future projects

(00:17:42) Advice for aspiring artists and conclusion

About Georgie Friedman

Georgie Friedman is a Boston-based interdisciplinary media artist whose immersive installations explore psychological and societal relationships to natural phenomena. Her work integrates large-scale video projection, sculptural forms, spatial sound and physical elements like water to create contemplative, sensory-rich environments. Drawing on site-based research and footage, she reflects on themes of climate, transformation and human fragility. Georgie holds an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, where she currently teaches. Her projects have been exhibited internationally and commissioned for public spaces.

Links from the podcast with Georgie Friedman

• Visit Georgie Friedman’s website
• Follow Georgie on Instagram
• Learn more about Dissolution
• Visit Gallery A2