Faroese composer, musician, sound artist, and music producer Jens L. Thomsen creates sound installations worldwide, including his upcoming Expo 2025 premiere RØDD. He is known for acclaimed music production and the internationally recognised project ORKA.BioCreationProduction

Sound’s Hidden Journey Under Nordic WatersImmersive Soundscape Exhibition 2024 

In the underwater realm, sound travels four times faster than in air. It confuses our sense of direction, and as sound flows, not just through our ears but directly through the tissue of the body — the boundary between self and surroundings begins to blur. We enter a liminal state: disoriented, ambiguous, fluid, yet full of potential for new insight. What if we brought this state of mind to the surface?

Sound’s Hidden Journey Under Nordic Waters is a sound art exhibition that explores our deep connection to water—and raises urgent questions about our evolving relationship with nature. The work is rooted in unique underwater reverb recordings, captured in remote and resonant sites: from deep lakes in Arctic Finland to the silent fjords of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Four Nordic artists—each profoundly influenced by water in their practice—respond to these recordings in their own distinct way. Their interpretations flow between philosophy and science, myth and ethics, aesthetics and environment.

The journey culminated in a joint sound installation, presented by Nordic Culture Point at Suomenlinna, Helsinki.

Composed by Jens L. Thomsen, Laila Skovmand & Petri Kuljuntausta.
Sound Engineer: Roma Komar
Hydrophones sponsored by Teledyne Reson
Research Support by Aarhus University & University of South Denmark 

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