Surroundings: Video Encounters of Nature
Beginning with Donna Conlon’s From the Ashes (De las cenizas), a closeup encounter with a hummingbird reminds viewers of life’s fragility and humans’ impact on the natural world. In Carolina Caycedo’s Esto no es Agua/This Is Not Water, Las Damas waterfall in southern Colombia comes to life in a kaleidoscopic dance, restoring a sense of agency to the body of water. The exhibition concludes with Nadia Huggins’ Circa no future, an interrogation of the notions of displacement and free will through the marine environment. Presented in eight-week-long installations, Surroundings engulfs viewers in textures, movement, and forces witnessed in nature, creating a cinematic experience for all audiences.
JULY 27 – SEPTEMBER 22:
DONNA CONLON
SEPTEMBER 28 – NOVEMBER 24:
CAROLINA CAYCEDO
NOVEMBER 30 – JANUARY 26, 2025:
NADIA HUGGINS
Curated by Sarah Bass, Curatorial Research Associate; Pamela Solares, Museum Education and Public Programs Coordinator, Coral Springs Museum of Art (Former Sophie Davis Fellow for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access, Norton Museum of Art); Tiera Ndlovu, Curatorial Manager, Madison Square Park Conservancy (Former Curatorial Research Associate, Norton Museum of Art).
Organized by the Norton Museum of Art.
Support for this exhibition was provided by the Sydelle and Arthur I. Meyer Endowment Fund.