AMER KANNGIESER (AUS/GER) ELIKI READE (FIJI/AUS) & MERE NAILATIKAU (FIJI)

ARTWORK: Crenulations – Pacific Drift

Crenulations – Pacific drift is an immersive sound installation by Amer Kanngieser, Eliki Reade & Mere Nailatikau. For the past five years, they have been hearing from elders from the Pacific Islands reflecting on the importance of listening to ecosystemic change. 

The work is composed of field recordings gathered with permission across the Pacific. Of water lapping against the shore, waves crashing over coral reefs, the cyclical rhythms and flows of the changing tide. In between, we hear the voices of five elders and custodians as they speak about listening and silence, about being in relationship with communities and places, and how we pay attention to what the environment is telling us in times of crisis.

Situated in the small wooden hut on the harbour pier, the work is accompanied by a view over Limfjorden, the bodies of water and the middens of Pacific oysters, visually and symbolically connecting the Pacific to Struer – a connection that spans half the earth.

Amer Kanngieser, Eliki Reade & Mere Nailatikau come from interdisciplinary backgrounds in sound arts, communications, international relations and climate research. For the past five years, they have been hearing from Elders of the Pacific Islands as they reflect on the importance of listening at the frontline of climate change. With a view over the local waters of Limfjorden, we are invited to sit with Crenulations — Pacific drift. Following the cyclical rhythms and flows of the changing tide, this piece brings together the voices of custodians from Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Kiribati, and the sounds of their waters and lands.