A FISH HEART
Year: 2025
Dimensions: 7cm
Materials: Suspended glass heart, audio recording of fish heartbeat, subwoofer, directional light.
Produced by: Centre Wallonie Bruxelles and COAL.
Exhibited at: Centre Wallonie Bruxelles (2025) and the Sentiment Océanique Festival, COAL (2025), as part of the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice (UNOC3).
Curator: Christopher Yggdre
Scientific collaborator: Alex Jordan
Glasswork: The Glass Apprentice
A fish heart resonates within water
A Fish Heart invites us to experience the pulsations of a fish heart as it beats within water. The recording of the heart was achieved by Dr. Alex Jordan. It is remarquable in that it was picked up by dipping a probe in water, as opposed to being in direct contact with the animal’s body. In the ocean, the heartbeats of marine species seems to propagate outside of their bodies, through the water, resounding throughout the sea. If you were an aquatic creature, you would likely perceive, at any given time, some of the hearts beating around you.
The installation reveals a mode of relation, of connection, humans cannot quite perceive
Suspended in deep dark space, a glass heart catches the light.
For a brief moment, the beating of a fish heart is our only focus.
