"Hundred Year Portrait of the Ocean" Exhibition

Finished

This September, the WWF predicted that sea levels worldwide will rise by up to 120cm by the end of the century - a figure that is around twice the number proposed by past estimates. As the threat of rising sea levels owing to global warming looms, this exhibition offers audiences an opportunity to ponder current environmental problems.

On display is a ten-minute video installation that allows visitors to experience the prospect of an environment (in miniature) that will be affected by rising sea levels in the next 100 years. The installation is composed of imaginary 3D scenarios created on a computer, featuring footage that reinterprets scenes taken from classical Japanese paintings and taking the form of a massive "scroll painting" measuring 23 meters long. Based on estimates of future rises in sea level, the swelling waves will swallow the audience whole...

Through the use of video footage of distinctively Japanese spaces, this project is an attempt to bring the problems of global warming and rising sea levels within a personal, familiar sphere through the creation of a single space that renders ambiguous the boundaries between subject and object.

Schedule

Dec 10 (Thu) 2009-Dec 21 (Mon) 2009