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WHATIFTHEWORLD is pleased to present Midden, a solo exhibition by Dale Lawrence.
Due to stratification on the water column, where dense saltwater below and freshwater at the top can never mix – the black sea is anoxic. Considered the largest ‘dead zone’ on the planet, the inert semi-enclosed sea is devoid of oxygen below a depth of 150 metres, where not even decay-causing microbes can live. As a result, the basin has a tendency to hold on to its history, its wrecks, its dead. Some of the most well-preserved examples of wooden trading vessels (dating back to 400 BC) can be found in its salty …