I am exploring my own relationship with the ocean (which I often use a place of escape) and my social world (which I am often trying to escape from). In an effort to disrupt the viewer’s reality and sense of location, I brought nature into my social realm. I created an artificial golden ocean, which I shaped from sea sand to replicate an undulating watery surface. The surface is spray painted into a golden crust and glittery highlights flicker on the peaks of the waves and the wake of a hundred fins. The fins are moulded from an FCS fin from my surfboard and cast in surf wax. These are placed upside-down, cutting through the surface of the “water”, converging and spreading apart as if they were a shiver of sharks or dolphin pod. The fins carry a dual meaning: the fin as a functional object provides stability and drive on the wave, however it can also carry a threatening visual image of a shark fin, or harmful cutting instrument when placed upside-down. This installation invites the viewer to discover an experience of immersion and a lyrical encounter with a watery peculiarity.