Being Coral

Dive beneath the ocean’s surface as documentarian and video artist Maja Friis creates an intimate, moving and aesthetic encounter with the planet’s vanishing coral. 

Using macro-optics and collaborating with coral researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Friis showcases these tiny creatures on a grand scale through individual video portraits. The beauty of the corals is captured in close connection with their quiet decay, offering a sensory experience that highlights the gravity of climate change.

“Being Coral” opens October 23th at 19:00.

The exhibition is accompanied by a series of events including talks, guided tours with artist Maja Friis and creative coral workshops:

• October 24th at 19:30
  TALK: “Art and Science in Symbiosis” with artist Maja Friis and researcher Elena Bollati.
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• October 31st at 17:00
  GUIDED TOUR: Walk through the exhibition with artist Maja Friis.
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• November 2nd from 10:00 to 16:00
  DROP-IN FAMILY WORKSHOP: Clay Corals
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• November 3rd at 16:00
  GUIDED TOUR: Walk through the exhibition with artist Maja Friis.
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About the artist

Maja Friis is a documentary filmmaker and video artist. Her artistic practice explores the sensitivity, transformations, life, and non-life of nature with the vision of making research tangible and awakening climate awareness in the audience.

Other contributors

The research team that has contributed to the development of the project is led by professor of Marine Biology at the University of Copenhagen, Michael Kühl.

The creative team behind the exhibition is composed of Maja Friis as well as Audio-visual Installation Designer Nikolaj Dinesen and Project Coordinator Sofie Mønster.

The exhibition is supported by Statens Kunstfond.