In Liquid Strata, oceanographer Joan Llort and artists, Entangled Others and Daphne Xanthopoulou use innovatively different scientific data to show visitors the dynamics and hidden layers of the forgotten world of the mesopelagic, an oceanic layer located at a depth of about where light is scarce, sit in a depth of about 200 and 1,000 meters.
It has had the support of the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació, through an FCRI 2022 Grant for the promotion of scientific culture in Catalonia, and the collaboration of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS).
SonarMies "Liquid Strata" by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort. Photograph by Anna Mas.
As a result of a singular and fruitful meeting between science and art, Liquid Strata is the result of a long collaboration between Joan Llort with Sofia Crespo and Feileacan McCormick of Entangled Others Studio and Daphne Xanthopoulou. The geographical and academic backgrounds diversity of the team manages to combine their interests and knowledge around art, nature and technology using machine learning techniques to visualize and imagine new forms of life and new ecosystems.
From the surface of the water sheet of the Pavilion's outer pond, a great visual and sound piece immerses us in the deepest layers of the ocean. The place is populated by millions of tiny marine creatures that migrate to the surface every night to feed, and despite being unknown, it is the largest marine ecosystem on the planet.
SonarMies "Liquid Strata" by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort. Photograph by Anna Mas.
Liquid Strata shows us a practically lightless world in an unknown dimension, which fulfils an essential function as a "carbon collector" by absorbing atmospheric CO2 and which is currently increasingly threatened by deep-sea mining and industrial fishing. To study the role of the ocean area in the global carbon cycle, scientists use supercomputers such as BSC's MareNostrum 5 to create mathematical models that simulate the processes occurring in the ocean and complement observations.
Intending to achieve an atmosphere that allows the work to be appreciated following the light cycles of the surface, the Pavilion's hours extend until 10 p.m., during SonarMies, and will be appreciated from outside the pavilion uninterrupted 24 hours a day.
It has had the support of the Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació, through an FCRI 2022 Grant for the promotion of scientific culture in Catalonia, and the collaboration of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS).
SonarMies "Liquid Strata" by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort. Photograph by Anna Mas.
As a result of a singular and fruitful meeting between science and art, Liquid Strata is the result of a long collaboration between Joan Llort with Sofia Crespo and Feileacan McCormick of Entangled Others Studio and Daphne Xanthopoulou. The geographical and academic backgrounds diversity of the team manages to combine their interests and knowledge around art, nature and technology using machine learning techniques to visualize and imagine new forms of life and new ecosystems.
From the surface of the water sheet of the Pavilion's outer pond, a great visual and sound piece immerses us in the deepest layers of the ocean. The place is populated by millions of tiny marine creatures that migrate to the surface every night to feed, and despite being unknown, it is the largest marine ecosystem on the planet.
SonarMies "Liquid Strata" by Entangled Others, Daphne Xanthopoulou and Joan Llort. Photograph by Anna Mas.
Liquid Strata shows us a practically lightless world in an unknown dimension, which fulfils an essential function as a "carbon collector" by absorbing atmospheric CO2 and which is currently increasingly threatened by deep-sea mining and industrial fishing. To study the role of the ocean area in the global carbon cycle, scientists use supercomputers such as BSC's MareNostrum 5 to create mathematical models that simulate the processes occurring in the ocean and complement observations.
Intending to achieve an atmosphere that allows the work to be appreciated following the light cycles of the surface, the Pavilion's hours extend until 10 p.m., during SonarMies, and will be appreciated from outside the pavilion uninterrupted 24 hours a day.
