Whale Liberation Front, Untitled, or, They’ve been singing since the gulf was born (detail)

From above, a cobalt-blue oil drum stands open on a black plinth, its skin of water lit with red rings and a white web of crossing lines, like a sonar screen sunk inside it. A thin cable drops from the dark to listen.

Title: Whale Liberation Front, Untitled, or, They’ve been singing since the gulf was born (detail)
Description: Detail of Untitled, or, They’ve been singing since the gulf was born (2025) by the Whale Liberation Front, showing an inverted oil drum filled with water, images projected on its surface, and a hydrophone hanging from the ceiling, Weather and the Whale, Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 2025–26.
Creator: Imani Jacqueline Brown; Cory Diane; Peter J. Bowling
Rights: Rights held by artist or creator; Photo: Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz