TIDAL SHIFTS

Exhibition at NEO VogelART LAB - Nice, France

June 7 – June 13, 2025

Armin Linke: Prospecting Ocean, 2018. Film still. Courtesy of the artist

Programming

NICE2025

Exhibitions

TIDAL SHIFTS, presented through a transdisciplinary collaboration of partners, is an immersive exhibition and symposium bridging ocean science, sound, art, and community action to foster Ocean Literacy and public engagement. Inviting participants to explore the Ocean as a source of wonder, intercultural dialogue, and shared responsibility, this initiative is co-created to support Challenge 10 of the UN Ocean Decade—restoring humanity’s relationship with the Ocean—and contributes to SDG 14 and the global goal to protect 30% of marine environments by 2030.

TBA21 contributes to the exhibition with the film Prospecting Ocean by Armin Linke, and three inkjet prints of pencil drawings created by the people of Kono Village, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, alongside the series What is Deep-Sea Mining? by Inhabitants.

The exhibition is presented by Music For The Sea, Peace Boat US, and PangeaSeed and organized in partnership with Blue Planet Alliance, Bluemarine Foundation, Council on Sustainable Fashion & Design of Grenada / The Cloth, Clever Carbon, Instituto Mar Urbano, Island Conservation, Island Innovation, Lancaster University, Mission Blue, OA Alliance, Ocean Culture Life, Oceanic Global, Ocean Pact, Ocean Rescue Alliance, Ocean Visions, Ocean World Of Sound, Restore Coral, Rise Up, The ReefLine, TBA21, Logisticawoodward, and Women and Climate, with the participation of EarthEcho International, INMAR University of Cadiz, Lonely Whale, Mediterranean Posidonia Network, Parley For The Oceans, Restore Coral, Sounds of the Ocean, and Sustainable Ocean Alliance.

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LOCATION

NEO GALLERY

6 bis rue Lascaris
06300 Nice, France

OPENING HOURS

3–9 pm

ARTWORKS

PROSPECTING OCEAN, 2018/2023

Armin Linke, in collaboration with Giulia Bruno and Giuseppe lelasi

Main Film: single-channel video installation, color,

sound, 62 min, English

BISMARCK SEA,

KONO VILLAGE PRINTS

Three inkjet prints of pencil drawings, 91 x 64 cm, each

Luxa Barok - The art view of the barok hausboi during a Community Ceremony, 2025

Philip Taen with contributions by Vincent Boski from Kono Village, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

Ocean is Life, 2025

Collectively created by Philip Taen, Vincent Boski, Chris (Albie) Brian, Hamilton (Tonton) Brian, Netric Kabog and Chris Malagan from Kono Village, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

Deep Sea Mining is Our Enemy, 2025

Philip Taen with contributions by Vincent Boski from Kono Village, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

WHAT IS DEEP-SEA MINING?
Inhabitants, 2018–2022
Five single-channel videos, color, sound

Related works in the collection

Armin Linke Prospecting Ocean, 2018

Related program

Inhabitants What is Deep Sea Mining?, 2018–2020

Ocean Imagination and Ocean Action: Contemporary Art Institutions as Agents for Ocean Sustainability TBA21–Academy Artist Film Program

POROUS — Ports as Interspecies Dwelling Symposium & Live Program at Villa Arson - Nice, France

Becoming Ocean: a social conversation about the Ocean An exhibition at Villa Arson, on the occasion of the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference, Nice 2025

OcéanoFuturismos: Science Fiction prototyping future Ocean imaginaries Workshop at C.U.M. L’Université de l’Océan (Nice City Council) - Nice, France

TBA21 at the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference, Nice 2025