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That which is pelagic holds significant historical meanings across diverse cultures. The sea has a long and fluctuating role within the history of art and has been represented by almost every art movement in the past and continues to persevere in our collective imagination of possibility. From J.M.W. Turner’s works to Emanuel Leutze’s propagandist Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851); Claude Monet’s Water Lilies series (1920 – 1926); Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970); Vija Clemins’ Untitled (Ocean) (1977); and Olafur Eliasson’s installation Ice Watch (2014), there is a vast history of …