As an artist and researcher whose work revolves around the concept of aquatocene and ocean imagery, I'm interested in exploring the ways in which the ocean retains memories of past events, and how this ocean memory influences the present and future of the world's oceans and seas.
As my art research-based work revolves around aquatic environments and their biological, (geo)political, and cultural realities, I was intrigued when I came across the Ocean Memory Project in spring 2021. I participated as a speaker and presented my project Aquatocene in the event ‘The Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) Sound as Ocean Memory’ (ccrma.stanford.edu/~brg/soniOM). The ocean is a complex and dynamic ecosystem deeply intertwined with human culture, history, science, society, and our entanglement with marine life, which hopefully will enable us to think beyond our human presence. Getting to know the interdisciplinary community so devoted to oceanic imaginaries is inspiring to me. By exchanging and collaborating on interdisciplinary research, we can build a deeper inside of the oceanic imaginaries and work towards a more sustainable and equitable future. I think that the Ocean Memory Project is an important initiative that brings to light the complex entangled multi-disciplinary relationships between us and the marine life in the world’s oceans and seas.