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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/microscopic-plankton-revealed-in-stunning-detail

Renowned Norwegian artist Jana Winderen produced a Sound Composition for Planktonium, based on her recordings of underwater environments and organisms.

Jana Winderen is an artist who currently lives and works in Norway. Her practice pays particular attention to audio environments and to creatures which are hard for humans to access, both physically and aurally – deep under water, inside ice or in frequency ranges inaudible to the human ear. Her activities include site-specific and spatial audio installations and concerts, which have been exhibited and performed internationally in major institutions and public spaces.

Recent work includes Listening through the Dead Zones for IHME, Helsinki, The Art of Listening: Underwater for Audemar Piguet at Art Basel, Miami, Rising Tide at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, Listening with Carp for Now is the Time in Wuzhen, Through the Bones for Thailand Art Biennale in Krabi, bára for TBA21_Academy, Spring Bloom in the Marginal Ice Zone for Sonic Acts, Dive in Park Avenue Tunnel in New York and Ultrafield for MoMA, New York. In 2011 she won the Golden Nica at Ars Electronica for Digital Musics & Sound Art. She releases her audio-visual work on Touch (UK).

https://www.janawinderen.com/

Leiden European City of Science 2022 is a 365-day long science festival! Packed with activities, lectures, workshops, excursions, exhibitions, and events, it’s perfect for anyone with a curious mind.

In 2022, Leiden will host the ESOF conference; the largest multidisciplinary scientific conference in Europe and the 33rd edition of the EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS), The Art&Science Week and European Space Week.

I am proud that Planktonium will be part of the program next year in my home town.

https://leiden2022.nl/

Planktonium was screened in the In Silico competition for experimental films at Message 2 Man Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia

ПЛАНКТОНИУМ / PLANKTONIUM

Planktonium had it’s World Premiere at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Short Joy competition

https://www.ji-hlava.com/filmy/planktonium

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To celebrate the release of my film Planktonium, I decided to produce a Limited Edition Collectors Box (35 copies only!) of the project.

This numbered (35/35) Box is containing:

3 signed and numbered inkjetprints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag baryta (315 gsm) A4 size paper, printed by Hans Bol

Full version of the short film Planktonium (15:23) + extra footage (02:00) in 4K and HD format on USB stick

An essay on plankton by Jelle Reumer

Handmade Box by Liesbeth Visser, including an extra photo on the front

Produced with generous financial support of Gemeente Leiden and Stichting Oog op de Natuur

SPECIAL INTRODUCTION PRICE UNTIL 21th NOVEMBER 2021:

€ 250,00 including 9% VAT, excluding cost of shipment.

I am very happy to announce the release of my new film Planktonium (15:23, color, 4K).

Planktonium is a short film about the unseen world of living microscopic plankton. It is a voyage into a secret universe, inhabited by alien-like creatures. These stunningly beautiful organisms are unknown to most of us, because they are invisible to the naked eye.

Jan van IJken filmed the plankton through his microscopes in great detail. The film is without any voice-over or explanation. Renowned Norwegian artist Jana Winderen made a sound composition for the film.

Filmed, directed and produced by Jan van IJken
Sound composition by Jana Winderen
Edited by Jan van IJken and Metje Postma

Produced with generous financial support of Gemeente Leiden and Stichting Oog op de Natuur.

The film has been selected for the following film festivals:

2021 Inscience Film Festival, Nijmegen, NL (Dutch Premiere)
2021 Braunschweig International Film Festival, special program The Netherlands, DE
2021 Message 2 Man Int. Film Festival, In Silico competition, St. Petersburg, RU
2021 Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, Short Joy competition, CZ (World Premiere)

The online release + VOD (including a short 3 min version of the film) will follow later.

Planktonium