Listen to the ocean breathing

Listen to the ocean breathing

Salomé Bazin’s performance guides ECCA’s visitors through a journey in our Planet’s lung

As part of ECCA2025, the artist and performer Salomé Bazin presents Destination Earth, an immersive installation that connects visitors to the deep, rhythmic breath of the ocean, reminding us of our impact on it.

At the center of the visitors’ experience stands the “Oceanic Portal”, a 4-meter-high digital monolith, surrounded by a 360-degree soundscape. Visitors enter an environment characterised by slow and resonant frequencies, thought and designed to evoke the underwater pulse of the Planet. The installation follows the cycle of one Earth year, using poetic data visualization to show seasonal shifts in ocean temperature and current patterns. The most striking element of the performance is interactivity: sounds and visuals respond in real time to the movements of the visitors, their steps and gestures modulate the sonic and visual landscape. As people move more quickly, the tension in the environment increases and as they slow down, the system rebalances, giving space for regeneration and calm. 

This immersive experience is made possible through the use of advanced technologies: real oceanographic datasets provided by the Copernicus Marine Data Service, processed by the Leonardo supercomputer, generate dynamic sound and visual landscapes through algorithms created by composer Rob M. Thomas and creative technologist Sebastiano Barbieri. The project was developed in collaboration with OGS Triste and CMCC.  

Through this unique sensory dialogue, Destination Earth invites us to reconsider the connection between ourselves and the planet’s flows, to become aware that we are all one and everything is interconnected. The installation offers a new way to feel climate change and think about it - not only with our mind but live it through our bodies as well - offering an experience at the intersection of art, science, technology, and emotion. 

Learn more about Destination Earth