Sound-artist and artistic director of the Embassy of the North Sea
Harpo ’t Hart is a sound-artist and artistic director of the Embassy of the North Sea. In his work Harpo raises questions about the ways in which we listen to our rapidly changing environments. How do we listen in times of climate change? In his practice as an artist and curator Harpo opens up space for non-human, ecological perspectives.
The Embassy of the North Sea was founded in The Hague on the first of June 2018, by the Parliament of Things. The Embassy of the North Sea departs from the idea that the North Sea belongs to itself. The Embassy researches how non-humans, from phytoplankton to ship wrecks to cod fish, can become full-fledged members of our society. The Embassy of the North Sea works towards 2030, when we (humans) hope to emotionally, juridically and politically relate ourselves to the sea in a fundamentally different way.