6 Jun – 1 Nov 2026
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Rising from the Twilight: Underwater is a newly commissioned sound work by Jana Winderen, created from underwater hydrophone recordings taken during descents into the ocean.
The sensation of moving upward through layers of water, the piece gives form to the shift from depth toward the surface. As sound travels through the water column, it is shaped by pressure, temperature, salinity and depth, bending, dispersing and re-emerging in altered states. Rather than presenting a fixed acoustic image, the work reflects on the richness of a water body in continual transformation, where presence is diffuse and constantly in motion. At these depths, survival depends on extraordinary adaptations. Many marine organisms perceive their surroundings through senses beyond human experience, detecting vibrations, pressure changes and chemical signals in the water. These strategies reveal the ocean’s remarkable diversity and its interconnected systems. Through a sense of rising, the piece gestures toward the ocean as a dynamic and unsettled environment, one that resists clarity and instead unfolds through gradual change and shifting perception.
Image courtesy of the artist. Photo by Palin Ansusinha.
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Jana Winderen is an artist based in Norway with a background in mathematics, chemistry and fish ecology. Her practice pays particular attention to audio environments and to 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. Her activities include site-specific and spatial audio installations and concerts, which have been exhibited and performed internationally in major institutions and public spaces.
Winderen’s recent work includes The River at Jerwood Gallery, Natural History Museum, London, Absent Voices, Haus der Kunst, Munich, The Art of Listening: Underwater at Lenfest Center for the Arts, Colombia University, New York, Listening through the Dead Zones for IHME, Helsinki, The Art of Listening: Underwater for Audemar Piguet at Art Basel, Miami, Rising Tide at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, Listening with Carp for Now is the Time in Wuzhen, Through the Bones for Thailand Art Biennale in Krabi, bára for TBA21_Academy, Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone for Sonic Acts, Dive in Park Avenue Tunnel in New York and Ultrafield for MoMA, New York.
In 2011 Winderen won the Golden Nica at Ars Electronica for Digital Musics & Sound Art. She releases her audio-visual work on Touch (UK).
Image courtesy of the artist. Photo by Lena Winderen.
Oslo-based Norwegian sound artist Jana Winderen activates ArtScience Museum’s Oculus as a resonant body attuned to the acoustic life of the ocean in a live performance.
Into the Ocean: Journey Beneath is a collaboration between ArtScience Museum and OceanX, making its world premiere this June. It invites visitors on a descent through the depths of the sea, from the sunlit surface waters to the darkest reaches of the ocean.
5 Jun 2026 (Fri), 7pm – 7.45pm
Oslo-based Norwegian sound artist Jana Winderen activates ArtScience Museum’s Oculus as a resonant body attuned to the acoustic life of the ocean in a live performance.
6 Jun 2026 (Sat)
Deep Shift expands on the ideas at the heart of Into the Ocean: Journey Beneath, bringing together voices across art, science and technology to explore how we perceive, understand and relate to marine environments. From ecological research to immersive media, the symposium examines the shifting frameworks through which the ocean is encountered today.
6 Jun – 1 Nov 2026
Into the Ocean: Journey Beneath is a collaboration between ArtScience Museum and OceanX, making its world premiere this June. It invites visitors on a descent through the depths of the sea, from the sunlit surface waters to the darkest reaches of the ocean.