A Pod of Orcas Swim Together in Antarctica

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This video is part of ‘From a Whale’s Back’, Solo Exhibition (2020), a multi-channel sound and video installation.

What might it mean to be oceanic? To act in the world from a place of oceanic consciousness? From a Whale’s Back is an installation that explores the visual and sonic underwater world inhabited by whales of different species - orcas, humpbacks and minke whales - from Antarctica to the northeastern Pacific. It uses video taken from tags used by scientists to monitor whales. This video is of orcas in Antarctica.

Thanks to marine biologist Dr Ari Friedlaender , who collected the video data from the whale tags during his recent scientific research projects. Videos are collected under NMFS permit, using lightweight tags, skillfully placed and humanely attached with suction cups that release within twenty four hours.

Video and sounds edited and composed by Yolande Harris.