The exhibition explores the cycle surrounding ‘dead water’ – a phenomenon that occurs in almost all of Denmark’s inland waters and which in recent years has been widely debated, sparking activism such as the public ‘funeral’ of Vejle Fjord. As an angler, I have witnessed this ‘death’ unfold over the past 30 years. The works reflect on the fact that life began in the sea, and that humanity has now ‘killed’ the water – at least insofar as it is perceived as dead to us. Naturally, algae and bacteria – and thus nature itself – thrive in another form.
Materials, sound recordings, and photographs from the sea’s dead zones are used to create new images that may help us process our perception of our degraded waters. With the help of underwater sound recordings from Farø Sound, Prøvestenen, and Isefjord, a soundtrack emerges with themes of bio-degradation, algae, and life cycles, enveloping the spatial installation.
In the exhibition, the underwater sounds are broadcast as a pirate transmission on 87.7 FM. Within a small, hyper-local bubble, anyone can freely listen to the sounds of the distressed waters. Two solar-powered ‘prepper’ radios play the sound into the space, drawing attention to a perspective on our potential future.
