Five years of underwater photography along the coasts of the Nordic countries were condensed into 45 minutes of powerful images of life beneath the sea's surface, accompanied by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, during a performance at the Gothenburg Concert Hall in 2024. Here, modern classical music combined with a 360-degree video projection created a holistic story about how infinitely beautiful and fragile our planet is.

Photographer and journalist Joakim Odelberg has a passion for exploring nature and, together with composers from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland, has created a complete work that tells the story of the life in the sea around us. With underwater footage and music carefully put together and synchronized, the audience was taken on a subtle journey, where they got very close to the life in the sea in a concert hall covered with video projections on all the walls and the entire ceiling. With music and video, the hidden world beneath the surface of the sea was opened up, and a story about us humans and the blind spot we have about the environmental consequences that our actions have on the marine environment. A story that was also full of beauty and hope.

Six powerful projectors were used for the project, with Stouenborg responsible for both the setup, synchronization of the video recordings and the execution of the concert series. The acoustics in the classical concert hall are delicate and sensitive to even the slightest noise. Therefore, it was crucial to deliver a solution where noise from the projectors was as minimal as possible. For this purpose, Stouenborg's specially designed noise-attenuating projector boxes were used, which can attenuate projector noise so significantly that they do not disturb the sound image under even the most demanding acoustic conditions.

Stouenborg has previously delivered a 360-degree projection and was responsible for implementing a similar project during the celebration of the 100th birthday of Swedish film director and screenwriter Ingmar Bergman at the Gothenburg Concert Hall.