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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 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

Delta

Robertina Šebjanič is an artist/researcher whose work explores the biological, geopolitical and cultural realities of aquatic environments and the impact of humanity on other organisms. In her analysis of the Anthropocene and its theoretical framework, the artist uses the terms &#8220;aquatocene&#8221; and &#8220;aquaforming&#8221; to refer to the human impact on aquatic environments.
Her works received awards and nominations at Prix Ars Electronica, Starts Prize, Falling Walls, Re:Humanism and others.

Robertina Sebjanic

Atlantic Tales &#8211; Selachophilia: Cetorhinus Maximus – Limaria Hians weaves together mythologies and sciences, humans and non-humans, to speak of our ability to address challenges in the age of the Anthropocene. The story protagonists are the migratory basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) and the flame shell (Limaria hians), a small species, endemic to the North Atlantic waters. The author had the opportunity to encounter both during her residency on the RV Celtic Explorer scientific research vessel in Ireland. The immersive installation intertwines the story, sung in the traditional Irish sean-nós style, with the narration of a storyteller and field recordings from above and below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
Sean-nós vocals : Caitríona Ní Cheannabháin, Róisín Seoighe 
Narration : Polona Torkar 
Recording of narration : Rok Kovač 
Sound mastering : Aleš Hieng Zergon 
Production 2019–2020 : Aerial/Sparks, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture 
Production 2021 : Kino Šiška and Zavod Sektor

Atlantic Tales - Selachophilia : Cetorhinus Maximus – Limaria Hians

Ecole Sainte-Marie

WIP collective is a pair of artists made up of Jérôme Boulanger and Thibaut Drouillon. Using digital technologies to make visual choices, the collective analyses reality as fiction, questioning the status of vectors for constructing collective identity.
Together, they question the impact of the injunctive nature of language and cartographic representation on their relationship with the territory. In so doing, they are attempting to deconstruct the representations and symbols of collective identity and offer them a new perspective.
Using digital technologies to make visual choices, the collective analyses reality as fiction, questioning the status of vectors for constructing collective identity. Digital programming allows them to move away from a total control over the finality of the forms they propose. The pair use algorithms and code to leave the creative process open to chance. In this sense, the images, devices and installations they create highlight a generative and physical process that is constantly evolving.
Their work tries not to be fixed in a stable, permanent form. It is often the consequence of a change of state.

WIP collective - Jérôme Boulanger & Thibaut Drouillon

As part of the Capture #2 exhibition to be held at <a href="https://www.le-pavillon.be/en/">Le Pavillon</a> from 23 September 2023 to 14 January 2024
Cascade is an installation that questions the notion of capturing reality. From the mechanical era to the digital era, the granularity of the modes of capture and display still offers us a limited vision of our reality. By cascading several devices together, imperfections are amplified with each iteration and become the vector of a moiré effect that gives rise to coloured abstractions.

Robertina Sebjanic

Atlantic Tales - Selachophilia : Cetorhinus Maximus – Limaria Hians

WIP collective – Jérôme Boulanger & Thibaut Drouillon

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Jan van Ijken