Our Monsters
2023
300 x 200 x 600 cm
Ceramic, steel, plaster, water
Cargo ships carrying containerised worlds, endless kilometers of submarine cables, anchors as big as trucks and sounds so loud they can kill characterise human presence in the high seas. Akin to sea monsters, the colossal scale and impact of offshore infrastructure remains hidden, existing deep within the ocean, beyond physical and imaginal horizons.
The installation Our Monsters is a result of the time I spent around the Rotterdam Port, and of the methods I used to explore and understand this space. A ceramic anchor and chain hang from the ceiling, while a gypsum ship carrying a topography of the seafloor drifts over the corrugated walls of a container.