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DEEP is a tribute to the fascinating sperm whale that constantly challenges scientists with its movements in the depths of the oceans.
Live performance
In February 2023 sound designer and musician, Thomas Richard Christensen, and the Italian visual artist, Cosimo Miorelli, performed the first part of the project, a live-performance, at Svendborg Create Festival.
The live animation – a visual narrative where the images change while Cosimo Miorelli draws in front of the audience, was accompanied live by the sound design and music that Thomas Richard composed.
The result is an uninterrupted flow of vividly painted scenes where figures emerge and transform continuously, while the music breathes life into the brushwork and generates a strong emotional impact.
KASKELOT – A multi user VR mini-museum
As a continuation of the project, Peter Teglberg Madsen, professor of sensory physiology, department of Biology at Aarhus University, was brought into the creation of KASKELOT – a multi-user VR mini-museum.
KASKELOT focuses on sperm whales and how they use sound in a world of noise. It is a sensory-saturated total experience under the sea, where sound and image reinforce each other in a story that conveys why whales are so important to the ecosystem and what they mean to us humans.
CREDITS Artwork: Cosimo Miorelli
Producer/Project Manager: Sia Søndergaard
Scientific Consultant: Peter Teglberg Madsen
Programming/Design: Hannibal Glaser
Produced by: Sci Vi at The Animation Workshop/VIA UC with Phenomenal Viborg
IMAGINE THIS! (2025) – multi user VR exhibition at Naturhistorisk Museum
In the fall of 2025, the Natural History Museum in Aarhus opened their first VR exhibition, IMAGINE THIS!.
The exhibition consists of three co-located VR experiences, where KASKELOT is one of them.
IMAGINE THIS! was created in collaboration between the Natural History Museum in Aarhus, the production house, Phenomenal, The Animation Workshop /VIA University College and the SCI-VI Community, and the exhibition is running from 10/10/2025-28/02/2026.