Mother of Mermaids
Underwater Animated Light Installation for Underwater Animated Light Installation for OPLYST festival in Hundested, Denmark 2024
Mother Tail in movement
Mermaids swimming away
Mother of Mermaids is an animated light installation located below the water surface in Hundested Harbour, with mythical maritime references to the time when sailors set sail on short and longer voyages. Adventurous journeys where the sight of the beautiful sea and beautiful skies were alternated with feelings of loneliness, lack of love and fantasies about what hidden beauty must be under the surface of the sea. The work is a tale of life and death, recreating the story of fantastic, beautiful, life-threatening and impossible love.
The installation expresses the fantastic in the form of light in motion that illuminates underwater as well as the fear of what actually hides beneath the surface of the water. The light is animated, and thus not constantly visible, so it is experienced as luminous and moving shapes that come into view in the evening in the dark water.
More on OPLYST can be found here …
In 2023 a smaller version was presented at the Kyndelmisse Køge Lysfest og Kulturnat 2023.
Mother Tail in movement
Mermaid swimming away
Test set-up in my garden
Mother tail in wilder waters
Thank you:
OPLYST festival: Andrew Brown, Helga Jensen
BJ Lys Aps: Brian Johansen
Havnefogden: Søren & Søren
Set up and take down support: Theo Bjerg Steijn, Frederik Elslo
Testing in my garden
Mother tail construction in garden
Construction drawing
Mermaid construct
Welding work
Drilling holes …
… and drilling holes
