What remains to be discovered at the bottom of the sea? We welcome you to the opening of the collective exhibition Under at Húsavík Whale Museum on 3 October 2026 at 17:00, where we exhibit the artistic results of marine expeditions around geothermal areas of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The artists make use of footage from a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), sediment and seawater samples, organic matter, minerals and waste from human beings – and also lava and sound from geothermal areas on dry land.
Listamenn/Artists: Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir, John Grzinich, Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir, Gry Bagøien, Angela Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings
Sýningarstjórar/Curators: Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir, Michael Kjær
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Under is part of the transdisciplinary project Extremes and addresses pressing questions that arose during these expeditions: about the meaning of unfamiliar places and situations that seem extreme to us; about the material and immaterial effects that such places have on us humans; and also, about the conscious and unconscious influence of mankind, even in places that we do not know and are still generally out of reach. We are facing a future where conditions here on Earth are becoming increasingly extreme in terms of the habitable. In this context, landscapes on the thresholds of the Earthly habitable become central as we seek to perceive and imagine that which is beyond human knowledge and control. In addition to generating attention to an environment that is otherwise mostly inaccessible, like, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge seabed, collaboration between artists and scientists leverages knowledge about
marine ecosystems to cultivate a novel sense of human relationship with, and responsibility to, the rest of nature.
More on the project Extremes: https://uit.no/project/extremes