UPCOMING PROJECTS:
Photo credits: Nele Brökelmann, bay opening toward the Hardangerfjord in Ålvik at the KH Messen residency in Jan. 2023, Norway
18 - 24 July 2025
NELE BRÖKELMANN
Göteborg - Skagen - Kristiansand
With a great interest in transition moments, Nele Brökelmann will embark on July 18. We’ll travel from the relative shallow waters between Denmark and Sweden to the deeper waters off the coast of Norway. Seen from the perspective of the Atlas, a ship that moves through and is moved by water, towards the open North Sea. She is looking for subtle meeting points, gradients and in-betweens in the ways with which we approach the world. How do we perceive these gradients? What interpretations and narratives might emerge if we rethink or disregard preconceived meanings?
1 - 8 August 2025
MAURIK STOMPS
Stavanger
As part of a personal project exploring pressure, his family history, the fear of the unknown and how these elements relate to on another. We will sail to the fjords of Norway, seeking depths of up to 500 meters. There, he will harness the immense pressure of the deep sea to create imploded sculptures on the bottom of the fjord. His projects are driven by personal wonder, frustration, and curiosity, often engaging with broader societal themes.
NOMAD LIFE
STIJN DE GEUS, LAURA SCHIPPERS AND DAUGHTER LIEVE
photos: England, 2024
24 June 2025, Näset, SE
Since April 21 we are travelling again with the Atlas. After a beautiful trip along Helgoland, Kiel Canal and the Danish islands we arrived in Sweden. We notice that we are much more relaxed compared to the trip we've made last year along England and France. Sailing is not that exciting anymore and it's getting even easier, for example because we'd installed a GPS compass on the wheelhouse recently, so our autopilot finally works now.
We are already more used to the traveling life and all the facets that comes with it. The Baltic Sea is calm and we can anchor quietly on many spots. Actually, just by now we realized how intense the trip was that we made last year. At first there was a mixture of adrenaline consisting of: tensions around the departure, saying goodbye, whether everything works and continues to work in terms of essential technical installations and of course the incredible feeling of freedom of actually traveling with the Atlas. Then the phase of intense joy was there, exploring and learning how to live in a nomadic way and the question of how to make it sustainable. Then, autumn arrived, the waves and the weather increasingly began to affect our daily lives. We were pushed into a corner more and more, on financial and emotional level. Until we had a hunch at the end of November and we saw our chance to sail back to Den Helder in between two storms. This turned out to be the right decision. Taking a breath in a port where we feel welcome and where we could stay for a few months. It did us good to be among family and friends again. And opportunities for work occurred almost naturally. We managed to get the situation under control again. It was nice to reflect on the journey from this position and to make new travel plans. It went against our feelings to go back towards the south again and we decided to sail further up North.
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OPEN CALL: DENMARK & NORWAY
FOR (ART) PROJECTS & COLLABORATIONS
2-5-2025, Brunsbüttel
We are in the Kiel Canal right now. Soon we will reach the Baltic Sea. We are so excited to go to explore the far west corner of this sea: the waters around Germany, Denmark and Sweden! We want to travel slowly up North,, eventually to the waters of Norway, back to the North Sea again.
We are open to all kinds of (art) projects or collaborations. So do you need the Atlas initiatief to realize a project? Do you want to come over for a working/research period in this area? Or do you have another idea? Please feel free to contact us.
ROUGH PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR:
2025
Spring: Baltic Sea, waters around DE, DK, SE
Summer: North Sea, waters around NO
This schedule is not fixed. It depends on what we encounter along the way: upcoming projects, where we can find suitable berths or anchor spots.
Check MarineTraffic or VesselFinder for the current location of the Atlas.. Search for: ATLAS, Fishing Vessel, NL, MMSI 244315799, Call Sign: PD8108
SHORT FILM: 'ECHOES OF ATLAS'
SJUUL JOOSEN
From October 29 to November 4 Sjuul Joosen and Freek Span stayed on board of the Atlas. During their stay they made a short film: 'Echoes of Atlas'.
When Lieve wakes up from a nightmare, her parents appear to have disappeared. Through a magical quest she tries to find her parents.