The Soul Expanding Ocean #1: Taloi Havini

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Taloi Havini, "Answer to the Call" (2021), fragment: Kuakumba Bird of Paradise (0:19)

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“Someone just offers you her home, an island. You hesitate at first, but then you see the blue and understand you are invited to inhabit the island for a while, perhaps even for a longer period. It is true that you can sense the sea. At first, it is unthinkable, to perceive this island as a real island in the Pacific, but then it appears. Do you know how the curve of the earth was shaped? The same energy made this wonder. It is only natural since this work— specifically conceived for Ocean Space, for you—originates from impressions of the place where the artist herself is from: Bougainville. You are invited to inhabit this space and listen to the sounds that come like how the clouds are pushed by the winds.” Read more Chus Martínez, Brochure for "The Soul Expanding Ocean #1: Taloi Havini"

“We don’t have monuments in Bougainville, but we do have structures [...] There is none of the monumentality that prevails in the west. When things break down, we repair them. If nature destroys a building, we make a new one. We build structures for ceremonies, then burn them down. Monumental events in life have no physical aftermath, but they remain in the collective memory.” Read more Taloi Havini in “Deep listening — Taloi Havini conjures the sound of her ancestors at Venice Biennale” by Caroline Roux in Financial Times

Taloi Havini aboard the R/V Falkor as part of Schmidt Ocean Institute's Artist-At-Sea Residency program.

“Answering the call of the ocean: Artist Taloi Havini explores the sound of the sea”, an interview with Taloi Havini for France24 in April 2021.

Taloi Havini and Ben Hakalitz in conversation at the musician's studio in Queensland about the composition of "Answer to the Call" (2021).

Taloi Havini, "Answer to the Call" (2021), fragment: Ocarina and Panpipe (0:27)

Taloi Havini, "Answer to the Call" (2021), fragment: Ocean Meditation (0:29)

“Within the sonic installation are textures of all kinds of sounds that relate to activities that take you on a journey across the oceans and below sea-level, right down to the twilight zone, and then back up into the atmosphere – it’s all about the interconnectedness of ocean/life systems.” Read more Taloi Havini in “Taloi Havini’s first sonic work dunks the listener in an ocean of sound” by Amah-Rose Abrams in Wallpaper*

Taloi Havini on the process and inspiration behind the sound installation "Answer to the Call" (2021).

“I think when we’re looking at our Pacific Island nations, one of the things that holds us together is the body of ocean which we know as the Pacific—also a name that’s come from somebody else. That’s why it becomes crucial to look at the relationships we have as Pacific Island people to this body of water—the largest continent in the world.” Read more Latai Taumoepeau and Taloi Havini, “The Last Resort: A Conversation”, e-flux Journal #112 - October 2020

Musician Ben Hakalitz introducing the traditional instruments and musical heritage of Bougainville.

Bolivian musician Mario Celestino speaks about the wind instruments used in "Answer to the Call" (2021).

Drone footage of Taloi Havini’s "Answer to the Call" (2021) at Ocean Space, Venice, Italy.

Complete Falkor Coverage. Bathymetry data acquired in the Southern Depths of the Great Barrier Reef survey, using multi-beam sonar systems (2020).

Photo of the Buka Passage and the airport in the south of Buka Island. From the Habitat series by Taloi Havini (2019).

Sediment sampling on the seafloor for the study of the Ice Age Geology of the Great Barrier Reef (2020).

Sediment sampling aboard R/V Falkor for the study of the Ice Age Geology of the Great Barrier Reef (2020).

Drowned Reefs. Bathymetry data acquired in the Southern Depths of the Great Barrier Reef survey, using multi-beam sonar systems (2020).

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