Tine Surel Lange: Dear Humanity

Tine Surel Lange, composer and multimedia artist, explores the strained relationship between humans and nature, with a touch of northern humour. In an alternate world, Nature writes a Dear Humanity farewell letter in which it breaks up with us. It leaves us with a series of clichéd phrases, while the video plays shots of natural beauties. The visitors are invited to choose from four different soundscapes, each creating a unique emotional experience. As the visitors move through the space, they are prompted to reflect on humanity’s often toxic relationship with Nature and the implications of our ever-growing god complex.

The installation is available for viewing until 12 April 2025, during the Student Centre opening hours.

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During the Biennale, three installations explore the theme of Broken Relationships through the prism of technology and nature. Norwegian composer and multimedia artist Tine Surel Lange explores the interplay of sound and movement in the framework of magical realism, and for MBZ 33, she creates a world in which Nature writes a Dear Humanity farewell letter. American artist and researcher Nolan Lem builds interactive systems in which he examines the behaviour and habits of a collective. In his latest work, he will build an artificial ecosystem of the Babbling Brook within a similar framework. Croatian conceptual artist Hrvoje Hiršl questions the limits of human perception and senses in the era of technological progress. In a new segment of The Limit of Representation series, titled Dimensions of the Line, he explores the purpose of the spaces we construct and inhabit.