‘Oceanus Nullius’ traces, through an immersive visual and audio ambient experience the fundamental cycles of the hydrosphere, the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-Atmosphere system around the globe that sustains the planet’s lifeforms.
'Nullius’ is a term relating to the notion of territory unclaimed or unowned, emphasising the significance that we humans are not owners, but merely co-tenants of the planet and the diverse riches and resources of its hydrosphere.
Filmed and photographed in the remote, wild and richly resourced highland, coastal and marine region of northwest Scotland, all fundaments of the hydrologic cycle are visibly highly active within this elemental landscape. Here geologic and rich fossil remains mark the divergent timespans of the globe’s aeonic evolution, including relics of the first aquatic organisms on the planet.
The visual narrative weaves still and moving image and ambient audio into hypnotically absorbing liminal sensations, evoking a state of reverie and wonder both for the essence and beauty of this crucial element of life of the Earth, and the fear, in our Anthropocene era, of the increasingly devastating disruption of climatic systems, pollution and destruction of habitat and species.