"FROM A WHALE’S BACK” SOLO EXHIBITION
Radius Gallery, Santa Cruz
29 May - 26 July 2020
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 minkes - from Antarctica to the northeastern Pacific.
Video Works
From a Whale’s Back uses video and sound taken from tags used by scientists to monitor whales. Here are the four videos found in the exhibition.
Humpbacks bubble net feeding, (sound from tag hydrophone)
Minke whales surface through ice (harp music by Yolande Harris)
Images Prints and Other Included Works
Project Research
Thanks to Ari Friedlaender (Ocean Sciences, UCSC) for video and data from the whale tags. Videos were collected under NMFS permit. The tags are lightweight, skillfully placed and humanely attached with suction cups that release within twenty four hours.
Music by Kristin Erickson (theremin), Madison Heying (synth) and Yolande Harris (harp and electronics). Video and sounds edited and composed by Yolande Harris.
Walks and Audio Works
Guided sonic walks will be held virtually during the exhibition, with Yolande Harris leading participant through online video. Watch live and recorded events here.