looking for the animals

first meeting with heike verster

first meeting with heike vester

The first stop is at Kabelvåg and a protest meeting against the booming oil industry at the mouth of Vestfjord. Heike Vester ties her boat up to MS Kallinika, the ship of the Norwegian environmental organisation Bellona.

Between two musical performances the activists discuss the effects of the oil industry on the marine ecosystem with a large group of politicians.

An astonishing sight at the protest meeting…..

Sitting together aboard the Kallinika. In the centre: Richie Herbst. He accompanied Susanna Niedermayr and Angélica Castelló to Lofoten and was most helpful not only with the photo documentation. He is the founder and boss of Interstellar records where the vynil “sonic blue” apears in 2015

In an interview conducted below deck Sigurd Enge from Bellona and Heike Vester talk about the effects of the seismic surveys and oil drillings on the marine ecosystem.

Henningsvaer!

The landscape is characterised by wooden racks that are also known as Lofoten’s cathedrals. Every winter masses of cod are brought in by the fishermen and dried on these racks by the cold air and wind.

Susanna Niedermayr and Angélica Castelló interview Heike Vester in her office and talk about her scientific research and Ocean Sounds

Angélica Castelló behind the bar and in front of a collection of old radios and navigation equipment.

Two hydrophones Heike Vester uses to record the communication and sounds of the marine mammals.

sonic dolphins!

listening the sound

feature presentation

concert musikprotokoll ©gross

concert musikprotokoll ©gross