Deep Sea Mining and Pacific Resistance

In recent years, a new threat to the world’s oceans has emerged: deep sea mining (DSM). This proposed method of extracting mineral deposits from the seabed is touted as the way forward for green technologies, such as electric car batteries, solar panels and wind turbines. In reality, it would have devastating impacts on the diverse marine life of the deep ocean. By harming these ecologies, the prospective DMS industry also threatens communities with ancestral ties to the ocean and its lifeforms. Activists from the Pacific Islands, Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and across the world are calling on governments to stop deep sea mining before it begins in earnest. 

Join us for a conversation between Re-Stor(y)ing Oceania artist Latai Taumoepeau and Jas Chambers, Chair & Co-founder of Ocean Decade Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that convenes and connects Australia's diverse ocean stakeholders. Their conversation will be followed by screenings of Matthieu Rytz’s recent documentary on the state of deep sea mining, Deep Rising (2023), and Taumoepeau’s animation Wardance: Final Frontier (2018).