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New water bodies collective website: www.water-bodies.eu
Our mission is to listen to, imagine and represent the North Sea as a full-fledged political player, as a person with interests that needs better representation. While working on this mission, European collaborations have become increasingly important to us. First of all, of course, because the North Sea is bordered by seven countries, but certainly …
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Not Illegal Fishing Competition @Manifesta15 Barcelona
The mixed media installation of the Not Illegal Fishing Competition will be presented at Casa Gomis from 8 September – 24 November 2024. Invited to take part in the pre-biennial research process of Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana, the Embassy of the North Sea (Sheng-Wen Lo, Leon Lapa Pereira and Harpo ‘t Hart) studied the impact of …
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The Salt Mountain of Barcelona: exhibition at Disseny Hub, Barcelona
The ocean speaks. New ecologies and new economies of the seas From October 10 2024, The Embassy of the North Sea presents research and work on the Llobregat Delta Barcelona and the salt mountain of sallent at Disseny Hub, Barcelona’s design museum. The work, commissioned by Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana will be presented as part of …
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Workshop: The river is, how we act
Workshop in Zeeland: The river is, how we act In their artistic practice, Anne Jesuina de Andrade and Theun Karelse (research team Future of the Delta), both have a strong focus on embodied experience. In this workshop, they take you to the Wester Schelde. The Schelde is beautiful, but also heavily polluted. Nobody wants a toxic Schelde, yet it’s …
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Diplomatic Suitcase at Spore Initiative Berlin
The Diplomatic Suitcase is on display for the first time at Spore Initiative Berlin from July 25 to September 29, 2024 as part of the exhibition Wasserspiegel – Water Bodies. Context Water is essential for all life on Earth, yet it is seldom represented in political decision-making. Responding to the challenges of water management and …
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Confluence of European Water Bodies 2024 in Venice
NEW EDITION OF THE CONFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN WATER BODIES# OCTOBER 3 – 6, 2024 IN VENICE# After a successful first Confluence of European Water Bodies in September 2023 on the shores of the Mar Menor, we are proud to announce a new edition of this watery nomad conference. From October 3 – 6, 2024, the …
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not illegal fishing competition @ Manifesta 15 Barcelona
Not Illegal Fishing Competition El Llobregat, Barcelona Metropolitana From 11 – 14 July 2024, the Embassy of the North Sea is organising the Not Illegal Fishing Competition in the river Llobregat, as part of Manifesta 15. About half of the inhabitants of the metropolis of Barcelona have daily intimate contact with the Llobregat, as they …
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Save guarding Europe’s last wild rivers
Confluence of European Water Bodies supports Protest Camp Save Komarnica in Montenegro Each waterbody tells its own story. Montenegro’s water stories are as wondrous as they are unknown. From the murky whirlpools in the improbably blue Black Lake near Žabljak, to the many natural springs and waterfalls in Durmitor National Park. From the Tara River …
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Confluence of European Water Bodies short film released!
March 7 2024, coinciding with our book launch at SEXYLAND World, the Confluence of European Water Bodies short film had its world premiere! At the salt water lagoon the Mar Menor in Spain, the first European water body to be recognized as a legal entity in 2022, water bodies from all over Europe gathered for a …
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Assembly January 2025: Whose Ocean?
The Embassy of the North Sea is collaborating with Casco Art Institute and other partners on the multidisciplinary research project by the University of Utrecht, called Whose Ocean? When governing bodies such as the UN talk about ‘our oceans’, it is completely unclear who they are referring to with ‘our’. That’s why the ‘Whose Ocean?‘ …
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