Immersion
Presented by Baltic x Schmidt Ocean Institute
Explore the intersection of art and ocean science through talks and film screenings at this special weekender event.
Sat 9 – Sun 10 May | 10:00-18:00
Free, drop in during gallery hours
Explore the intersection of art and ocean science through talks and film screenings in this special weekender, created in collaboration with Schmidt Ocean Institute as they celebrate ten years of their world-renowned Artist-at-Sea programme.
The event features films by SOI Artists-at-Sea including Marco Barotti, Julian Charrière, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Max Hooper Schneider, and Emilija Škarnulytė.
The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface, regulating climate, storing carbon, and sustaining vast amounts of life. The deep sea - the last ecological frontier and the most extensive ecosystem on Earth - is a site of tremendous geological complexity: home to ancient corals, undiscovered species, and nodules formed over millions of years, and increasingly, a focus of mining interest.
Over the ten years of the Artist-at-Sea programme, artists have joined scientific expeditions and worked closely with marine scientists from ship to shore, from the Pacific seamounts off Costa Rica to the hadal zone, the deepest reaches of the ocean. The resulting films reveal our connectedness with the sea through a material and poetic lens, inviting us to immerse ourselves in oceanic time.
This event accompanies Baltic’s group exhibition For All At Last Return
Exhibition Partner: Schmidt Ocean Institute
Schmidt Ocean Institute
Schmidt Ocean Institute was established in 2009 by Eric and Wendy Schmidt to catalyse the discoveries needed to understand our Ocean, sustain life, and ensure the health of our planet through the pursuit of impactful scientific research and intelligent observation, technological advancement, open sharing of information, and public engagement.
The Schmidt Ocean Artist-at-Sea programme, launched in 2015, engages art to illuminate a deeper understanding of and connection with the ocean. The programme is uniquely positioned to facilitate collaborations between artists and the world’s leading marine scientists, providing the Research Vessel Falkor (too) as a platform for advanced technology-based ocean research, that lends to artistic exploration and dialogues across disciplines.
