About
In 2021 we move from the North Sea to Norskehavet literally translated as the “Norwegian Ocean”, otherwise known as the Norwegian Sea – a largely unfamiliar entity, vast and with an average depth of 2,000m (the ocean’s “twilight zone”), historically full of mythological creatures and unpredictable forces, but also drilled for oil, shipped, trawled and divided. The Norskehavet has rare and valuable oceanographic features, is crossed by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and contains a slice of international waters under military surveillance. It is inhabited by particular life-forms, about some of which we still know very little. Beginning from the perspective that the Norskehavet is evaluated as a largely intact ecosystem, this course will firstly explore and document interspecies dialogue, and subsequently accumulated anthropogenic impacts.
Using an established methodology combining artistic and scientific methods, together we will learn how to read the Norskehavet in a holistic way – trace it back to Vestland and further on to the connecting Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Barents and Greenland Seas. A Management plan for the Marine Environment of the Norwegian Sea has been developed by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, however this plan concerns only the Norwegian part of this sea, and not the marine territory of neighbouring Iceland or the Faroe Islands. Based on, and inspired by our readings, students will interrogate and renegotiate this plan, identify protagonists, and explore how these protagonists can steer the open development of project proposals. Hence we will aim to move from static planning processes to a dynamic choreography of this ocean space.
ABOUT
ARTISTIC RESEARCH
QGIS MAPPING
CHOREOGRAPHY
AQUARIUM
LOFOTEN TRIP
OCEAN IN PARTS
PROJECTS
PROCESS