An “objective” eye is directed down towards something the human eye is not able to see and can therefore register a world beyond the accessible. In an age, when almost everything seems to have been discovered, the lure of the forgotten and the secret still strangely exists, the anticipation of being able to fill in all the blank spots on the map. The dream of Atlantis still lives on in an apparent desire to experience the sublime. I can see a connection, in this work, with Robert Smithson and the concept of entropy, the inevitability of disorder and order. If I were to rescan the wrecks in say ten to twenty years time, they would naturally be in an altered state. Down in the depths of the dark, a clandestine process is taking place as the base constructions, the hull and deck ultimately implode.

Special Thanks to:
Per Hedlund, Tony and Pelle at Langösund, Carl Douglas, Jonas Dahm, Thorbjörn Ekfeldt, Deep Sea Production and Marin Mätteknik.

A side-scan sonar is an instrument used in marine technology to read the bottom of the sea by means of diagonal sound waves, which are later interpreted digitally into images. Technological advancement enables them nowadays to deliver detailed images of seabed formation and shipwrecks. I have, together with one the constructers of the sonar, been able to explore the area surrounding Gävle Bay and have also employed the services of a diving ship in Oxelsund, which resulted in several images of previously unknown wrecks. I have also participated in expeditions for The Deep Sea Production since 2005. They have been involved in organising expeditions in search of the Swedish DC3.

Together with Marin Mätteknik (Marine Navigation and Positioning Ltd.) investigates areas of The Baltic Sea and they succeeded in discovering the location of the cruise liner Steuben.