Under Overfladen is a site-specific artwork at Denmark’s southernmost point, an exploration of an unseen landscape and an ode to the Baltic Sea. Through concrete castings of the seabed and a sculptural viewing bridge, the project brings the submerged terrain outside Gedser Harbor onto land and into experience.
At the edge of Gedser Harbor, land and sea are in constant negotiation. Under Overfladen explores this shifting zone, where climate change, storm surges, and ecological transformation are already tangible. The project focuses on the submerged landscape beyond the harbor. A terrain shaped by currents, human intervention, and slow geological processes.
Fragments of the seabed are translated into concrete castings based on underwater scans. Clay ridges, sandbanks, stones, wrecks, and disturbed grounds appear as tactile reliefs. Some remain recognizable, others verge on abstraction, forming a fragmented landscape that can be walked among and read through the body.
A sculptural viewing bridge grows out of the harbor mole and rises eight meters above the water. Built in dialogue with the harbor’s steel infrastructure, the bridge adopts a softer, more organic form as it ascends. From above, Gedser reveals itself as a layered place. Town, harbor, coastline, and the open Baltic Sea.
The project combines underwater scanning, craftsmanship, and architecture to create a new landmark. One that invites sensory engagement with the sea and with the forces shaping landscapes beneath the surface.Developed in collaboration with artist Siska Katrine Jørgensen and architecture practice Rumgehør.
