WrackScape is the result of an artist residency in Bodø, Norway, where the shifting wrack zone became both site and instrument. Using a hydrophone, contact mics, and an underwater camera, I recorded the subtle acoustics of seaweed beds, tidal surges, and the intertidal edge, a place where ocean and land continually converge. The camera served as a digital extension of perception, offering a way to see into the wrack zone’s submerged textures and fleeting movements. The resulting soundscape reveals hidden sonic layers: the crackle of air escaping kelp, the murmur of shifting currents, and the quiet pulses of unseen marine life.
As a composition, WrackScape invites listeners to dwell within this threshold environment, where rhythms of tide and ecology compose their own music. By amplifying the overlooked voices of the wrack line, the work asks us to attune to the fragile yet resilient systems that shape coastal life.