Location: North Sea Oceanarium (Nørsøen Oceanarium) Dates: 8 – 31 July 2014 and 31 March 2014 – Summer 2015 Description: A visit to the top of Denmark was the next location. The North Sea Oceanarium is one of the top attractions of northern Denmark with 165.000 visitors in 2014. It hosts one of northern Europe’s largest aquariums. Hirtshals (population 5.959) […]
Location: Hall next to the harbour in Hvide Sande Date: 8 – 31 July 2014 Description: The next stop was the fishing village of Hvide Sande, where there are over 70 fishing vessels (population 3.046). The exhibition was set up in a hall that was rented by the municipality of Ringkøbing-Skjern. The exhibition was announced in local press, the […]
Location: Coastal Museum (Kystcentret) Dates: 27 May – 25 June 2014 Description: The exhibition moved up the coast to the fishing village of Thyborøn. Thyborøn is a traditional Danish fishing village and relies greatly on the sea for its wealth (population 2.119). The area attracts many tourists because of special attractions such as the coastal museum. The museum […]
Location: Esbjerg Municipal Building (Esbjerg Rådhus) Dates: 6 – 15 May 2014 Description: This was the official launch of the exhibition in Denmark. Esbjerg is the largest city on the west coast of Denmark (population 115.100). The city traditionally had a large fishing fleet which has now been replaced by a traffic harbour and offshore oil industry. The […]
MARLISCO’s Exhibition in Denmark was prepared and manged by the project’s Danish partner, KIMO Denmark. Over the duration of the project, the Exhibition travelled to seven separate locations in Denmark, including schools, municipalities and oceanariums. Click on the map or use the sidebar on the left to find out more about the Exhibition in Denmark. […]
Location: Living Coasts Zoo and Aquarium, Torquay Harbourside Dates: 15 August 2014 – 5 February 2015 Description: The exhibition then washed up at Living Coasts Zoo and Aquarium in Devon. It showcased all the collaborations with local artists and beach cleaning groups that we have made along the way. The exhibition was arranged as a trail around the Aquarium […]
Location: Birling Gap National Trust Visitor Centre Dates: 5 April 2014 – 5 June 2014 Description: The exhibition and Super-M-Art artist installation then travelled along the coast to Birling Gap. The visitor centre attracts an estimated 350,000 visitors a year, and so we expect the many members of the general public, particularly walkers and tourists, saw the exhibition over […]
The MARLISCO Exhibition in the United Kingdom was prepared and managed by MARLISCO’s UK partner, University of Plymouth, who arranged for its travels to five locations on the south coast of the UK. The Exhibition included additional elements such as the ‘waste supermarket’, an installation by the ‘Dirty Beach’ artists comprisd of supermarket shelves stacked with plastic […]
Location: Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, Naples Dates: 10 September 2014 – 30 October 2014 Description: Alongside the Exhibition, Di Franco’s art work (Free at last – o.t. “Finalmente Libero”) from the art contest was also exposed, in this significant location in Naples. It is estimated that nearly 5,000 visitors saw the Exhibition over its stay here. Photographs from site: Return to […]
Location: Galata Museo del Mara, Genoa Dates: 3 June 2014 – 26 August 2014 Description: Here, the exhibition was part of a wider overall exhibition by Galata Museum. The Galata also exposed 3 art works from the art contest, specifically: Dario Di Franco’s “Free at last” (o.t. “Finalmente libero”), Steve McPherson’s (UK) “An Undesirable Archive”, and Sergio Scarcelli’s […]