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Ocean
Press release
Dreams and nightmares, longing and anxiety, beauty and horror: OCEAN is the big Louisiana event of the season. A journey of discovery above and below the surface, where history and the present meet in an intersection between art and science.
The exhibition is generously supported by Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond and Det Obelske Familiefond. It is endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
We know more about the surface of Mars than we do about the oceans that cover more than 70% of our own planet. But the more we dive below the surface, the more incredible things seem to emerge. And in the realm of our imagination, we are literally flooded with images, stories and fantastic creatures.
We humans, like all other life, come from the sea, which we both fear and long for. In antiquity, the philosopher Plato wrote that "we live around the sea like ants or frogs around about a pond." But despite our own insignificant size, our influence can now be traced everywhere in the world's oceans.
Thus, the oceans are no longer just a reservoir for our collective imaginations of gods, monsters and fairy tales. To a large extent, they have become a gigantic junkyard and a resource that is being exploited to the max.
- Through
- 27 April 2025
- Venue
- Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
- Address
- Gl Strandvej 13
3050 Copenhagen
- Hours
- Tue-Fri: 11:00-22:00, Sat-Sun: 11:00-18:00
