Tidal Pulse, part II Screen City Biennial
Tidal Pulse – Part II (2019) at Screen City Biennial, Stavanger. Site-responsive sound performance, wireless headphones Tidal Pulse is a site-responsive sound piece and visual voyage taking place on a local boat, and linking two threatened environments along the Norwegian coastline: Harstad and Stavanger. In Tidal Pulse – Part II, Enrique Ramírez records the underwater noise of oil pumps and the sounds of the boat- the vibrations created by the engine inside and outside the moving vehicle and in the operations room. These sounds compose, in real time, a sound piece that becomes the pulse of this fuel-powered heart, drifting along our increasingly threatened oceans. In this way, Ramírez aims to develop the research initiated in Harstad by focusing on the pressing topics of extraction and deep sea mining in Stavanger. The boat’s pulse intertwines with the voices of local activists, politicians, scientists and workers in the oil industry, reflecting […]