She has worked on commercial projects such as Star Wars and Ragtime,[1] and experimental projects such as her video The Erl King, created in collaboration with Grahame Weinbren, the first interactive art piece acquired by the Guggenheim Museum for its permanent collection.
[2] Spanning a large number of film and video productions as well as collaborations with new music artists and composers, Friedman's work has been presented extensively in the United States and Europe at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Whitney Museum, MOMA, the Pompidou Centre, and other venues.
With longtime collaborator Daniel Loewenthal, Friedman and Lowenthal are using Cage's concept by creating the Cosmopolis Project.
A series of video installations with striking visual and sound portraits taken from the streets of Cairo, Beijing, Graz, Detroit, and New York City reflect urban cultures in transition.
[7] The archive has preserved a number of her films, including Bertha's Children, Vicarious Thrills, and Murray and Max Talk about Money.