Echoes – a voice from uncharted waters is a large scale, interactive sound installation in the shape of a whale inviting us to listen and reflect, confronting us with the impact our actions have on the environment around us.

By respectfully interacting with the marine mammal’s vital space we become immersed in a soundscape of oceans and seas, a melodic universe; if we venture too close, we hear noise pollution: the whale songs gradually fade out until they are completely replaced by the noise of industrial ports, drawing our attention to the dangers threatening marine species.

The installation was inspired by Greenpeace’s famous campaign in the 1970s Save the Whales and aims to make us aware of the noise pollution that is altering the whales’ migration routes and environments and, more generally, on the current state of the oceans and the ongoing and looming effects of climate change.

During the period while the installation is running, a series of activities will be held dealing with sustainability, movement and sound, promoted through the programme of LAC edu.