The Sea Rises and Totally Still

The Sea Rises and Totally Still

2019 Dalsbruk (FI)

Curated by Erica Yu-Wen Huang & Nina-Maria Oförsagd for Sea Views
Photography by Cheng Jen-Pei & Chen Yi-Wen

2026 Yilan (TW)

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Fabric, boiled seawater, salt, chalk

Maps, as cultural artefacts, consist of ever-shifting sediments deposited by human desire, imagination and expectation. Their deceptive air of stability rests, for the most part, on the specific language of map making.

The Sea Rises and Totally Still reflects on the idea that when the world is ‘fully codified and collated... a sense of loss arises.’ (Alistair Bonnett) and allows the precise representation - a trick of the trade - to dissolve and to reconcile with its surroundings.