Beneath the North Sea, 2005: digital construct; interactive installation
media: digital video and animation, installations with paper
exhibitions: Beneath the North Sea at Gallery Blunk in Norway - 2005; Off the Map in Los Angeles - 2005
publications: Off the Map Catalog

Beneath the North Sea reveals an ever-altering picture of place, morphing just as a nation’s identity and borders move through time and in space. As Norway celebrates the centennial of disunion from Sweden, the transience of place can be viewed within a global context. The video components of the installation include Norwegians singing centuries-old Swedish ballads, a reminder of shifting identities. Within slowly morphing shapes like bubbles float images: a baby rocking on the sea of a tabletop covered in snow reveals location as a dream state, ever-changing. Portraits of Swedish royalty float beside the gallery’s viewers. Immersed within the contours of liquid lies a watery sense of place.