I have filmed both the beauty of coral reefs and their current demise as a result of the ocean’s changing chemistry. The Ocean Inside is based on my intensely personal experience of witnessing the devastating effects of climate change and other human-made environmental stresses on the coral reefs first-hand, because I grew up in the Caribbean. 

On a large translucent projection veil from polyester voile, 4 meters wide and 2.45 m high, I have hand-printed a linocut pattern with reflecting mica, depicting a network of plankton as the web of life. Handmade patterns intersect and juxtapose the digital projection. Video projected on sheer fabric with a pattern of this quality acquires an animated character through the changing reflections of the mica and unique integration of pattern and projection. 

My video footage presents beauty and degradation in the ocean, human impact on reefs and seashore, melded with images of my art. It serves to heighten awareness of climate change aﬀecting the oceans, generate ecological literacy, reﬂecting on the passage of time, human exceptionalism and connectedness of life. 

To complement the soundtrack of natural recorded soundscapes and sound-effects, I have recorded waves of voices that speak 16 short statements in their native languages : Dutch, English, French, Greek, Japanese, Mandarin, Nahuatl, Papiamentoe, Polish, Russian, Shona, Spanish, Tagalog, Te Reo Mãori and Urdu.

The video is 15 minutes long and has audio spoken in 15 languages.