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DE DOOD VAN
STROMEND LEVEN
FILM
2025
An artist film and ongoing research project exploring how rising human and industrial demand for water
is reshaping the waterscape of the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen. Set within this changing landscape,
and under the extractive and polluting presence of Tata Steel, this film unfolds as a layered assemblage
of underwater and landscape imagery, seismic earth resonances, and aquatic sound recordings. These
different perspectives move between the visible landscape and the processes taking place beneath its
surface, tracing water extraction, ecological pressure and the gradual transformation of the dunes.
As of 2025, the Netherlands is facing an increasingly severe water crisis. Climate change, prolonged periods
of drought, and growing demand for drinking and industrial process water are placing unprecedented pressure on freshwater systems. With the vast majority of Dutch surface waters failing to meet required ecological and chemical standards, water is becoming both increasingly scarce and increasingly vulnerable.
By shifting attention away from a predominantly human perspective towards the perspective of water itself,
the work approaches water not as a passive resource, but as a living and active ecosystem. Through its submerged perspective, sound and movement, the film creates a sensory space in which water becomes
an active force with its own rhythms, histories and vulnerabilities.
is reshaping the waterscape of the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen. Set within this changing landscape,
and under the extractive and polluting presence of Tata Steel, this film unfolds as a layered assemblage
of underwater and landscape imagery, seismic earth resonances, and aquatic sound recordings. These
different perspectives move between the visible landscape and the processes taking place beneath its
surface, tracing water extraction, ecological pressure and the gradual transformation of the dunes.
As of 2025, the Netherlands is facing an increasingly severe water crisis. Climate change, prolonged periods
of drought, and growing demand for drinking and industrial process water are placing unprecedented pressure on freshwater systems. With the vast majority of Dutch surface waters failing to meet required ecological and chemical standards, water is becoming both increasingly scarce and increasingly vulnerable.
By shifting attention away from a predominantly human perspective towards the perspective of water itself,
the work approaches water not as a passive resource, but as a living and active ecosystem. Through its submerged perspective, sound and movement, the film creates a sensory space in which water becomes
an active force with its own rhythms, histories and vulnerabilities.
Underwater cinematography
Cinematography
Editing
Underwater sound recording
Geophysical field recording
Exhibited at:
A Fieldtrip to the Cosmos [ 2026 ] Paradiso, Amsterdam
Squaring The Circle [ 2025 ] V2_ , Rotterdam
