Anne Duk Hee Jordan started diving age 13. In her artistic practice she often looks for answers and different viewpoints for man-made problems from the perspective of marine life. In the Middle East, on the border of Israel, the West Bank and Jordan, the strangest and most fascinating seas on earth is located: the Dead Sea. It is 300 meters deep, and it is about 430 m below sea level. This sea is ten times saltier than the ocean and has a much higher density than normal seawater. Small bacterial blossoms occur as well as salt-loving red algae after it rains. The artists interest is to investigate the unseen borders of Israel, the West Bank and Jordan as well as the ecological tragedy the Dead Sea is facing. In 50 years it will no longer exist, warn environmentalists.

In 2013, Jordan, Israel and Palestine signed an agreement to build a pipeline, which will carry 80 million cubic metres of water a year from the Red Sea to a desalination plant and 120 million cubic metres of water to the Dead Sea. Since this joint initiative is, from the point of view of the proponents, also an important step towards cooperation and peace in the Middle East, they call it the PEACE CANAL. Jordan is going to create a documentary film involving specialists from all regions.

Transience and transformation are the central themes in the work of Anne Duk Hee Jordan (Berlin). Through movement and performance, Jordan gives materiality another dimension – she builds motorized sculptures and creates edible landscapes. Her sculptures are intended to draw the viewer into the present and open a dialogue between natural phenomena, philosophy and art. Jordan opens up doors to a universe where she humorously and romantically creates machines that juxtapose robotic consciousness with organic cyclic decay and life. She raises questions about “agency” and encourages a change of perspective. She shifts the focus away from humans towards the entire ecology.