Sea monsters are the stuff of legend - lurking not just in the depths of the oceans, but also the darker corners of our minds.
"What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams."
-Werner Herzog
Monsters lurk in the deepest recesses of our fantasy, they prowl through our ancestral minds appearing in the half-light, under the bed or at the bottom of the sea.
Waterv Creatures are appearing without warning in front of my camera, moving around quietly and secretly or exploding into forms, real and fascinatiNg they convey messages.
Unrepeatable, unpredictable, completely independent, an interplay of light and water drops..
The deeper we travel into the sea, the deeper we delve into our own psyche. And when we can go no further - there lurks the Kraken….
"Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth."
År 1830, The Kraken
A fascinating TED talk with Edith Widder, specialist in technological innovation that she combines with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of marine environment. It shows discovery of the giant squid that humankind has been looking for and found first in 2013.
A Kraken.