OCEANS. Dialogues between ocean floor and water column
Armin Linke
Armin Linke
OCEANS. Dialogues between ocean floor and water column, 2017
Four-channel video installation, color, sound
40 min
Overall dimensions variable
Commissioned and co-produced by TBA21–Academy
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
Installation view: Armin Linke. Prospecting Ocean, CNR-ISMAR, Venice, Italy, 2018
Photo: Giulia Bruno | Courtesy the artist | ROV Video Archive Material GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel | MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
- Date
- 2018
- Medium
- Four-channel video installation, color, sound
- Dimension
- 40 min (videos) Overall dimensions variable
- Credit
Oceans was an official project of the Year of Science 2016*17 – Seas and Oceans, a programme of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The project was commissioned and co-produced by TBA21-Academy
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection- This artwork is part of the donation and long-term loan from TBA21 to the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
Details
The imagery deployed in this four-channel video installation was assembled and edited by Linke and his team from footage provided by the GEOMAR and MARUM research institutes in Kiel and Bremen. The footage was filmed by ROVs in depths of up to 5,000 meters. The videos look almost meditative, as if documenting an underwater choreography executed by robotic arms, whereas the aim is to extract specimens for study in the laboratory. On an accompanying monitor, precise information about the site and time of the extraction is displayed alongside details on the purpose of the collections. Comments by researchers from various disciplines evaluate the material from their respective positions, putting it into a broader context.
–Stefanie Hessler
