Jan van Ijken

Planktonium
Planktonium
Planktonium
Planktonium

The place

Delta

Language

All

Hours and dates

  • From 10am to 6pm daily
SPONSORED BY
Ambassade des Pays-Bas

Jan van IJken is a filmmaker and photographer in Leiden, the Netherlands, working on the interface of art and science.

In his latest works, he reveals secrets in nature like the murmurations of starlings, the genesis of life and the unseen world of microscopic plankton. He is interested in microscopy, nature, biology, evolution, and embryology.

Jan Van Ijken

Planktonium

Planktonium is a short film about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton. It is a voyage into a secret universe, inhabited by alien-like creatures. These stunningly beautiful, very diverse and numerous organisms are unknown to most of us because they are invisible to the naked eye. However, they are wandering beneath the surface of all waters around us and they are of vital importance for all life on earth.

Jan van Ijken filmed the plankton through his microscopes, revealing the beauty and delicate structures of the minute organisms in the finest detail. The film is without any voice-over or explanation.

Renowned Norwegian artist Jana Winderen made a sound composition for the film. She is recording audio environments and creatures which are hard for humans to access, both physically and aurally – deep under water, inside ice or in frequency ranges inaudible to the human ear.

Planktonium
Planktonium

24th to 27th October 2024

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KIKK festival 2024

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