The art programme, The Tide is Changing, examines the connection between tides, industry and people.
It has been created in a collaboration between curator Ida Højgaard and the commissioners Eigersund Næring og Havn and Magma UNESCO Global Geopark which aims to protect, educate on, and support the area’s geological heritage and diversity.This art programme stems from a common desire to promote art in the region and work with art as a focus area to offer unique nature and cultural experiences for both locals and visitors. New public artworks will stimulate new questions, reflections, and perspectives as to how we can live together with other species, as a whole, and get more people involved in Nordic geology and contemporary art.
The programme runs over 3-years and provides a framework for how artists can work with art in the tidal landscape and in the development of environmentally friendly sea areas. In 2020, an Art Committee was appointed. It consisted of nine members with a balance between artistic competence, project and planning skills, and local maritime and geological knowledge.