In Therapy with North Sea – Solmaz Farhang

In Therapy with North Sea

Let’s meet up with the North Sea; sit together, breathe together, and reflect on our relationship: the love and affection we share, the anger and frustrations we face.  

In Therapy with North Sea at Humber Street Gallery invites the audience to an unconventional encounter with the North Sea and an exploration of our coexistence. 

 The North Sea is home to an incredible diversity of species and organisms, with its coasts sustaining countless human communities. The coastline is in constant flux, a shifting landscape that impacts our lives profoundly. Where the North Sea ends and the land begins is a question with no clear answer. It is a frontier and a crossroads, a service station for travelers and thoroughfare for expansion and migration. A sea with a fraught history of war, trade and industry which now finds itself subject to numerous environmental changes as a consequence of the global climate crisis; all whilst being an entity by which people have and do live out domestic lives.  

How can we engage with such co-existing histories and realities in order to adapt and transform when our cherished memories and places are at risk? As the North Sea increasingly becomes a place for research, natural energy, and conversations around climate change, what do we truly mean by gaining resilience? 

In Therapy with North Sea delves into these pressing questions through witty and participatory multimedia installations. It speculates on our future and seeks to prepare our collective imagination to dive forwards, and perhaps into, the North Sea. 

Delivered in partnership with University of Hull’s Energy and Environment Institute. Find out more