TALK: Kristina Õllek and Dr Jenny Gales
Saturday 30 May | 18:00-19:00
at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead
Kristina Õllek and Dr Jenny Gales will discuss deep-sea exploration, mining and extraction, and the use of new technologies in marine environments.
Kristina Õllek is an Estonian artist currently based in Tallinn. She works with photography, video and installation, as well as microbial and chemical processes, with a focus on investigating aquatic ecosystems, geological matter, and human-altered environments. In her practice she uses a research-based approach, but also incorporates her own fictitious and speculative perspectives. She is interested in marine habitats and the notion of new technologies, including the geopolitical and ecological conditions associated with them. In For All At Last Return, Õllek presents a new installation, Breathing Deep Currency (2025), commissioned by Baltic.
Dr Jenny Gales is Associate Professor of Ocean Exploration at the University of Plymouth, specializing in submarine slope processes and geohazards. Jenny has a passion for submarine landslides, canyons, volcanoes, channels, and gullies on high latitude continental margins. Gales uses cutting-edge technologies to image and measure the seafloor and subseafloor, including shipboard acoustics, coring, marine robotics, autonomous vehicles, and direct monitoring. She has been involved in numerous international research projects including Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.
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