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Blue Peril Sonification #3
The deep ocean poses formidable challenges for its spatial and visual representation, which the mining industry exploits by claiming its mining operations will be environmentally friendly. To counter the mining industry’s greenwashing, INTERPRT analyzed data shared by marine biologists to simulate mining footprints and then collaborated with an oceanographer to model the trajectory of plume particles from seabed mining in the CCZ. Blue Peril – demonstrates, for the first time, the vast area of the Pacific expected to be impacted by deep-sea mining and the devastation that deep seabed mining could bring to marine ecosystems and habitats.
Blue Peril Sonification is a multi-sensory a/v installation that sonifies this data and uses it as a control source for hydrophone recordings and video manipulation. The toxic sediment plume is used as a graphic score to underline the deterioration in the quality of life for both marine species and humans.
Samur Khouja is a sound designer and audio engineer based in Los Angeles. His recent work includes sound and video installations on the destructive effects of deep sea mining and performs and tours under the moniker of Conscious Summary. He founded the experimental venue (the) Handbag Factory in 2011 and has been operating Seahorse Sound Studios since 2004.
Artist Location: Los Angeles, CA
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