Down Deep: Living seas, living bodies

State Art Gallery in Sopot
October 30, 2025 – April 4, 2026
 
The dela.art collection, together with Eneris, is pleased to be a patron of the exhibition Down Deep: Living Seas, Living Bodies, opening on October 30, 2025,
at the State Gallery of Art in Sopot.
Down Deep: Living Seas, Living Bodies is an international group exhibition presented at the State Art Gallery in Sopot. On the shores of the Baltic Sea, overlooking the Bay of Gdańsk, artists from Poland, France, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Greece, Australia, the United States, Chile, India, South Korea, and the Caribbean will gather. The gallery’s unique location provides a natural context for reflecting on our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual connection to the ocean. The international group of artists broadens this perspective, opening up space for diverse interpretations and sensibilities. Here, water becomes a connecting thread – a common denominator that weaves together artistic practices emerging from diverse cultures and contexts.
Central to the exhibition is the question of what it means to become ocean, to return our human bodies to the immense body of water that covers over two-thirds of the Earth. Scientists have long been investigating the watery origins of life on our planet, initially including tide pools and hot springs as possibilities. Modern research has hypothesised that life originated near deep sea hydrothermal vents, as the chemicals found in these vents and the energy they provide could fuel the many reactions needed for the evolution of life.
 
Artists: Akvilė Anglickaitė, Alex Ayed, Kuba Bąkowski, Seba Calfuqueo, Dorothy Cross, David Gumbs, Barbara Hammer, Sky Hopinka, Marie Jeschke, Hyung S. Kim, Agnieszka Kurant, Ange Leccia, Julia Lohmann, Goshka Macuga, Cecylia Malik, Yiannis Maniatakos, Kristina Õllek, Jean Painlevé, Izabela Pluta, Kati Roover, Rasa Smite & Raitis Smits, Raqs Media Collective, Superflex, Yan Tomaszewski, Xawery Wolski, and Laetitia Yhap.
 
Curators: Joseph Constable, Eulalia Domanowska, Joanna Gemes
Curatorial Collaboration: Kinga Jarocka, Anna Klocek-Wojtaszek

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