Below the Surface
Nicolas Floc'h
“Everything is dynamic, everything is in motion,” says Nicolas Floc’h about his work featured in Volume 4 (Islands).
When thinking of islands, water is often the element taken for granted, functioning as a mere backdrop to the land. Floc’h recentres our gaze by focusing on what lies beneath the surface: the ocean, where water becomes a connector, a material, and an alive presence that carries the memory of the places it has crossed and the substances it has encountered along the way.
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” The underwater world is a continuation of the terrestrial landscape. The physics changes: everything is fluid, the movements, the living beings, and the element itself. It is an environment in which you feel that you are part of the landscape, it flows through you as you move through it. You are not outside it, but within it and with it.”
Nicolas Floc’h
Nicolas Floc'h
Nicolas Floc’h (born in 1970 in Rennes) is a French artist and photographer whose practice explores landscapes and environments in transformation. His long-term research focuses on underwater territories, combining photography with scientific research to document changing marine landscapes. His work has been exhibited at the Centre Georges Pompidou and Palais de Tokyo in Paris, among other institutions.
