Misdirected Flow
A video work exploring the history of the Gowanus Canal as a reincarnation of the River Styx. Audio and video were recorded direct from the source, in the depths of the canal and extensive newspaper research revealed the stories of sadness and woe which have been so prevalent throughout the canals 180 year history. Not only was the salt marsh which filtered the water from the bay and provided thousands of land and sea animals homes destroyed to fashion the canal but the choked polluted body of water which resulted from that oasis turned into a watery final resting place for hundreds of people from the surrounding areas and abroad.
Tags: Brooklyn, Edmund Mooney, Environmental Art, Gowanus, SAIC Artist, Urban History, Video Art
Misdirected Flow Frame 1, © Edmund Mooney, 2020
Misdirected Flow Frame 3, © Edmund Mooney, 2020