Artists for the Deep
The deep sea covers most of our planet, yet it remains one of Earth's least known places. What we do know is that the ocean regulates our climate, stores carbon, cycles nutrients, and sustains life on Earth. Every second breath we take comes from the ocean.
Far below the Atlantic waves, beyond national jurisdiction, rises The Lost City. Its 120,000-year-old mineral towers shelter unique life and hold clues to the origins and resilience of life on Earth.
Today, this extraordinary site faces a growing threat. The International Seabed Authority has granted a deep-sea mining exploration license nearby.
Life in the deep ocean evolves slowly and is highly sensitive to disturbance. Once damaged, these ecosystems may take centuries to recover, if they recover at all. Deep-sea mining would endanger one of Earth’s rarest and most iconic underwater worlds, a risk we cannot afford to take. Not around The Lost City. Not anywhere in our deep ocean.
At The Ocean and Us, we believe the deep sea is not a frontier for exploitation, but a living system that needs care, protection, and respect.
This campaign is an invitation to artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, and creators everywhere to respond.
Together, we can raise our collective voice for a moratorium on deep-sea mining and for lasting protection of The Lost City under the new UN Treaty for the High Seas.
Far below the Atlantic waves, beyond national jurisdiction, rises The Lost City. Its 120,000-year-old mineral towers shelter unique life and hold clues to the origins and resilience of life on Earth.
Today, this extraordinary site faces a growing threat. The International Seabed Authority has granted a deep-sea mining exploration license nearby.
Life in the deep ocean evolves slowly and is highly sensitive to disturbance. Once damaged, these ecosystems may take centuries to recover, if they recover at all. Deep-sea mining would endanger one of Earth’s rarest and most iconic underwater worlds, a risk we cannot afford to take. Not around The Lost City. Not anywhere in our deep ocean.
At The Ocean and Us, we believe the deep sea is not a frontier for exploitation, but a living system that needs care, protection, and respect.
This campaign is an invitation to artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, and creators everywhere to respond.
Together, we can raise our collective voice for a moratorium on deep-sea mining and for lasting protection of The Lost City under the new UN Treaty for the High Seas.
Join the cultural call
We will bring this collective voice into cultural and policy spaces, including international ocean policy and decision-making forums.*
There are two ways to become part of this movement — and we invite you to join both:
1. Make a creative commitment
Publicly commit to protecting the deep sea through your creative practice.
This is a short statement of intent. By signing the form below, you join a growing cultural network of artists, musicians, and creators supporting ocean protection.
“I stand with the protection of the deep sea. I recognise its value and fragility. I will use my creative expression to help protect the deep sea in ways that are true to my practice. I call on decision-makers to safeguard the deep sea, our shared heritage. Say NO to deep-sea mining and protect The Lost City as a High Seas Marine Protected Area".
We will bring this collective voice into cultural and policy spaces, including international ocean policy and decision-making forums.*
There are two ways to become part of this movement — and we invite you to join both:
1. Make a creative commitment
Publicly commit to protecting the deep sea through your creative practice.
This is a short statement of intent. By signing the form below, you join a growing cultural network of artists, musicians, and creators supporting ocean protection.
“I stand with the protection of the deep sea. I recognise its value and fragility. I will use my creative expression to help protect the deep sea in ways that are true to my practice. I call on decision-makers to safeguard the deep sea, our shared heritage. Say NO to deep-sea mining and protect The Lost City as a High Seas Marine Protected Area".
2. Create or respond
Contribute a new or existing work inspired by the deep sea.
This can be a song, artwork, poem, film, performance, or a creative intervention within something you are already making.
Contact us at [email protected] to explore how best we can display your artistic contribution on our online gallery, and where possible, showcase it at events.
Then post it on your own social media channels and tag us so we can amplify it:
Instagram @theoceanandus_official
Linkedin / Facebook @TheOceanAndUs
Hashtags #HowDeepIsYourLove #ArtistsForTheDeep
Contribute a new or existing work inspired by the deep sea.
This can be a song, artwork, poem, film, performance, or a creative intervention within something you are already making.
Contact us at [email protected] to explore how best we can display your artistic contribution on our online gallery, and where possible, showcase it at events.
Then post it on your own social media channels and tag us so we can amplify it:
Instagram @theoceanandus_official
Linkedin / Facebook @TheOceanAndUs
Hashtags #HowDeepIsYourLove #ArtistsForTheDeep
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Note: This pledge is intended for artists only (e.g. musician, photographer, visual artist, filmmaker, performer, designer, writer, multidisciplinary artist).
Individuals can add their voice by signing and sharing our petition.
Organisations, businesses and institutions can endorse the Deep-Sea Mining Declaration.
*Conference of Parties (CoP) for the new High Seas Treaty, the International Seabed Authority meetings, and other UN ocean conferences.
Individuals can add their voice by signing and sharing our petition.
Organisations, businesses and institutions can endorse the Deep-Sea Mining Declaration.
*Conference of Parties (CoP) for the new High Seas Treaty, the International Seabed Authority meetings, and other UN ocean conferences.
Signatories
1. SK Lerner, visual artist, Marseille, France
1. SK Lerner, visual artist, Marseille, France
