DRIFTING
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Touki Delphine
An underwater world, unfolding inside the theater. Above the stage, soft white shapes hover in the dark, like a school of sea organisms drifting through the air or a still kelp forest gently swaying in an unseen current. It is a calm, dreamlike environment where nature and technology blend into one.
With DRIFTING, Touki Delphine creates a new ecosystem. Suspended high in the theatrical space, 64 reservoirs float in mid-air. They sing and click like a pod of whales, glowing with the soft light of bioluminescent plankton. Together, they form a kelp forest; a mystical habitat, sheltering life in the cold depths of the ocean.
Touki Delphine brings this underwater fantasy to life using recycled technology: ethernet cables from the Rataplan, windshield washer fluid reservoirs (and their pumps) from the scrapyard, and speaker wires from their own collected waste are soldered and glued together into a futuristic superorganism.
The installation is inspired by microscopic ocean life: zooplankton, diatoms, and other tiny yet essential beings. Invisible to the human eye, they regulate almost all of Earth’s oxygen and CO₂ balance. They are the quiet engines of our survival.
The soundscape of DRIFTING draws on the avant-garde pioneers of the 1950s to the 1990s, with a subtle wink to Debussy’s La Mer. It creates a musical landscape in which nature seems to move with the rhythm of time; the endless motion of everything around us.
DRIFTING can be experienced as a meditative visual installation: wander through the space, sit down, listen, and drift along.
“a perfect ten for vibes” – NRC
