fishing waters and route of 2009

[approach at sea] is an international and interactive art & environment project going offshore on the Baltic Sea with a sailing yacht from Sweden.

[approach at sea] is:

- an international art and environment project about the Baltic Sea
- the Baltic sea today and the possibilities of contemporary art to arouse devotion and debate
- a 35 foot yacht sails with crew from the countries surrounding the Baltic sea
- artists and environmental workers sails together across the Baltic to explore the sea in their  own way, developing projects and getting to know each other´s wiews
- sailings are planned for summer of 2010, and started with a pilotproject 2009
- a webbased documentation/blog will develop while the project is proceeding

- as a second part there will be a working period for the participants, partly as artists in residences around the Baltic Sea

- the third and final part is presentation of results – seminars, exhibition and more will travel to different places and be a collaborative and interactive process.

Project leader and promotor of the project is Birgitta Silfverhielm, artist and skipper/sailor.

Pressrelease can be downloaded here! pressrelease-eng0909

We are looking for participants! Next summer the boat will sail with an international crew, consisting of contemporary artists and people with environmental knowlegde of the Baltic sea. If you are interested in taking part, please look under Participants/Take part, for details.

[approach at sea] is financed by:

Nordic Culture Point/Kulturkontakt Nord

and sponsored by: