This exhibition of international artists’ work with the moving image, takes a closer look at the ever-changing boundaries between land and sea, exploring Hull’s long-standing prominence as a gateway to the North Sea and beyond.
Somewhere Becoming Sea reflects how expanses of water that divide countries are also channels that connect them.
At a time when climate change threatens to blur boundaries further and bring far-reaching economic impact, the exhibition captures the sea’s elemental power and asks: is everywhere now
Somewhere Becoming Sea?
Official trailer: Quicksand by Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen
As a central part of the event series
Promised Land,
Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, in collaboration with
Duncan Pickstock, has been commissioned to create a new piece of work responding to and reflecting on the theme.
Quicksand, the audio installation, was premiered at the
Promised Land Symposium in December last year. The video now premieres at Hull City of Culture 2017 in the central exhibition
Somewhere becoming Sea curated by Film & Video Umbrella.
About Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen / NBSL
Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen is a Danish artist and documentary film-maker based in Paris. For more than a decade he has been working in a variety of media and materials to create visual responses to challenges within today’s society. Migration and disempowerment are some of his main areas of research.
Quicksand: Supported by the Goethe-Institut London, Culture+Conflict, Danish Art Foundation, Embassy of Denmark, UK & The Elephant Trust.
Somewhere becoming Sea: Curated by Steven Bode. Supported by Film and Video Umbrella. Various works appear in the exhibition with additional thanks to the Embassy of Sweden in London, the Embassy of Iceland in London, and the Royal Norwegian Embassy. Trailer: ‘Quicksand’, Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, 2017. Commissioned by Goethe-Institut London, Culture+Conflict, Danish Arts Foundation, The Elephant Trust, Embassy of Denmark in London, and Bespoke Banter.
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