Lydia Moyer is a contemporary video and print artist who works primarily with themes of feminism, the environment, and history.
In an interview with Kiana Williams for Iris Magazine, a feminist magazine, at the University of Virginia, Moyer described her art making process as though it is her “job to distill personal experience or interest into something that other people can understand or from which they can get something, whether it be a feeling, an insight, a question, anything.”[4] Much of Moyer's work deals with the environmental and social issues that she describes as "the shadow of capitalism.
"[5] Her video series The Forcing, for instance, deals directly with themes of environmental degradation and state violence, relying heavily on sound to connect benign images of nature with sometimes disturbing footage of current events.
In an earlier piece, Paradise, a feature-length video,[7] Moyer investigates the relationship between culture and nature.
In this piece, Moyer visits iconic locations where tragedies or disasters took place such as the Ninth Ward in New Orleans.