Undercurrent: As Below, So Above brings together the work of Kat Austen, Lauren Moffatt and Siobhán McDonald developed during their participation in S+T+ART4WaterII in residence in Galway, Belfast and Dublin port. The projects explore and reflect on ports as interdisciplinary liminal spaces for reimagining our entanglements with water, technology, and ecology.
Lauren Moffatt’s Chorcorallium immerses visitors in speculative reef ecologies where industrial debris becomes the foundation for imagined coral life, shaped by collective voices and artificial intelligence.
Kat Austen’s ~~ Not Breaking ~~ ~~ This Wave Drowns Hate ~~ listens to the ocean through microplastics and community-created AI, offering visions of symbiotic futures.
Siobhán McDonald’s SHAPESHIFTER traces Dublin Port’s shifting identities, from wetlands to rising seas, layering scientific data with film, painting, and sculpture to reveal unseen histories and fragile futures.
Together, these works transform ports and oceans into sites of imagination and repair, using art and technology to question how we might live with, listen to, and learn from water in an age of crisis and change.
Beta, the Arts & Technology Festival, will run from November 7th to 23rd. Many of the events are free.
For the complete programme, see 2025.betafestival.ie
