Requiem for the Sea
Works from the Requiem for the Sea series are conceived as reliefs on canvas and address the sea as a space of memory and warning, while also exploring the need for new forms of sensory perception and empathy. Fragments of plastic bottles are transformed into organic forms reminiscent of stylised coral structures, seaweed, or fossilised remains of the underwater world. By using plastic – one of the most serious contemporary pollutants of the marine environment – I wanted to address, through visual language, one of the most urgent ecological issues of our time.
The work was created as part of the EU project Multisensory Art / Creative Europe, which focuses on including blind and visually impaired people in the cultural and artistic life of the community, while developing accessible, multisensory ways of experiencing art.
In the darkened gallery space, I confronted all visitors with the experience of limited vision, bringing them closer to the perception of visually impaired people, who can also experience the work through touch. Waste material, removed from the context of pollution, is transformed into pronounced textures that invite tactile exploration. As tactile-visual objects, the works operate on multiple levels of perception – aesthetic, sensory, and symbolic.
The ambient composition Requiem aeternum by composer Srđan Berdović further immerses the audience in a meditative atmosphere, creating a synaesthetic experience in which the visual, tactile, and sonic merge into a unified whole.
This contemporary requiem is a tribute to the sea disappearing before our eyes and a reminder of the responsibility we bear for its future, because the sea remembers every trace we leave within it.
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