Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, dividing
and connecting humans, who carry saltwater in their blood, sweat
and tears. At the same time, oceans represent a powerful nonhuman
force, rising, flooding, heating, and raging in unprecedented ways
as the climate crisis unfolds. The sea has long enthralled artists,
who have envisioned it as a sublime wilderness, a home to countless
mythical creatures as well as bizarre real species, a source of
life and death, a site of new beginnings and tragic endings, a
force both wondrous and disastrous. From migration to the melting
of the polar ice caps, the sea is omnipresent in international news
and politics, leaking into popular culture in the wake of the 'Blue
Planet effect' and proliferating in contemporary art and visual
culture. This collection gathers together some of today's most
exciting contemporary artists and writers to address the ocean not
only as a theme but as a major agent of artistic and curatorial
methods. Artists surveyed include Bas Jan Ader, Eileen Agar, John
Akomfrah, Eva Barois De Caevel, Betty Beaumont, Heidi Bucher,
Marcus Coates, Tacita Dean, Mark Dion, Ellen Gallagher, Ayesha
Hameed, Barbara Hepworth, Klara Hobza, Isuma, Brian Jungen, Ana
Mendieta, Kasia Molga, Eleanor Morgan, Wangechi Mutu, Jean Painleve
and Genevieve Hamon, Zineb Sedira, Shimabuku, Christine &
Margaret Wertheim, Alberta Whittle. Writers include Stacy Alaimo,
Michelle Antoinette, Bergit Arends, Erika Balsom, Karen Barad,
Rachel Carson, Marion Endt-Jones, Kodwo Eshun, Vilem Flusser, Paul
Gilroy, Epeli Hau'ofa, Eva Hayward, Stefanie Hessler, Luce
Irigaray, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, Celina Jeffrey, Koyo Kouoh, Lana
Lopesi, Jules Michelet, Astrida Neimanis, Celeste Olalquiaga, Ralph
Rugoff, John Ruskin, Marina Warner.
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