“AMOC” begins with a specific moment: the day a marine microbial ecologist reads that the North Atlantic ocean circulation is slowing down. From that realisation, Marta Royo-Llonch transforms a complex and often invisible scientific phenomenon into a poetic, critical and sensitive audiovisual experience. Through digital and generative art, the piece builds a looping conversation between science, the ocean and the artist herself -who is also a researcher- reflecting on how our accelerated way of life alters planetary-scale processes while imagining other possible ways of living, such as post-growth.
The installation incorporates three physical presences that ground this immense scale into tangible matter: a scientific paper, a sample of North Atlantic water and an underwater volcanic rock. Through data, narrative and material traces of the ocean, “AMOC” -supported by the 2025 FCRI Grants- places us before a system that may seem distant, yet profoundly shapes life on Earth.
Marta Royo
Digital artist, researcher and mediator between science, art and design, Marta Royo-Llonch develops a practice that combines AI, animation, data, photography and 3D design to address the climate crisis, ocean circulation and other planetary processes through a critical and sensitive lens. Holding a PhD in Environmental Microbiology, she has spent more than a decade conducting marine research at ICM-CSIC, taking part in oceanographic expeditions across the Atlantic, Antarctica, the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea. Co-founder of SHOOK Studio, her connection with Eufònic goes back several years: in 2023 they presented “Stream” at Museu de Tortosa, and in 2024 they were part of “Thalastasi”. She now returns with her first solo proposal.
Opening:
Friday, July 10, 7:00 PM at Museu de les Terres de l’Ebre
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