The Embassy of the North Sea was founded in 2018 to give a voice to the North Sea and life within it. In order to effectively represent non-humans, we must first learn to listen to them. Here, in this workshop, you can read and observe how we are working in a series of research projects on imagination, integration and representation. In 2019, 2020 and 2021 we will focus on listening to the sea with our eyes, ears and nose, with science, with our imagination and with our inherent sense of empathy.
Projects 2020
Underwater Noise in the North Sea
It turns out that much marine life experiences nuisance from noise caused for example by shipping and construction work. In the past few years, the consensus has been that...
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Future of the Delta
The hard, modernistic dividing lines formed by the Delta Works have in part removed the freedom of movement of the water, sand and other communities. As a consequence, the...
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A Voice for the Eel
In and around Amsterdam the Embassy of the North Sea will be investigating new forms of cohabitation with the eel and its environment with a team that includes landscape...
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Research in 2020: three North Sea cases
In 2020, the Embassy of the North Sea will be working on three North Sea cases: Future of the Delta, Underwater Noise in the North Sea and A Voice...
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Podcast Voices of the North Sea
Radio maker Jesper Buursink (a regular contributor among others to the nature programme Vroege Vogels) has joined editor Carlijn Haringsma and radio maker Eli Guerrero in creating the podcast...
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Projects 2019
Sounds of the Sea
As a conceptual artist/composer, Stef Veldhuis uses a range of approaches, disciplines, and contexts for producing innovative and original work. In his projects Music by Oceans and Sound of the North...
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FORTY SMELLS OF THE SEA
When you visit the North Sea, what do you smell, beside seaweed, crabs and jellyfish? A chip shop by the promenade, blast furnaces and sunblock. Fragrance designer Frank Bloem...
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The Sea Mouth
Together with sound artist and designer Harpo ‘t Hart, Carmen Schabracq has created a large sculptural installation: The Sea Mouth – an instrument that translates the sounds of the...
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The Colour of the North Sea
Starting with the question ‘what do you call home”?’, Valerie van Leersum is examining the relationship between location, identity and the ever-changing landscape. By considering actual history and subjective perceptions,...
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