With Initium Maris, the inaugural series of a long term project titled Productive Landscapes, Nicolas Floc'h reveals the underwater landscapes in the west of France, from the coasts of Brittany to the Loire-Atlantique.
In dialogue with scientists, Floc'h is on a mission to represent the underwater landscapes at a time when climate change is causing major upheavals within ecosystems.
With a text by philosopher Emanuele Coccia. Design: Roger Willems.
"… However, there is something curious: the material continuity between our life and marine life, the presence of this liquid within us makes observing underwater landscapes a strange overlap between contemplating the past and contemplating a future that lies ahead of us. Contemplating marine life thus means contemplating the magic of a twin that has moved away from us. This is why any form of nostalgia is excluded: we cannot return to our origins, because life is always its own future…"
Emanuele Coccia, "The Sea, Beneath the Horizon", in Initium Maris, Roma Publications, 2023
