Twilight Zone Hidden Wonders of the Ocean
Role: Creative Direction / Art Direction / Design / Animation
Excited to share one of the most rewarding and technically ambitious projects from 2024. In close collaboration with ARTECHOUSE and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, I created a 24-minute immersive show exploring the Ocean Twilight Zone — a mysterious, unlit region of the sea where science meets the surreal.
Serving as lead artist and primary creator, I translated scientific concepts into impressionistic underwater worlds — blending visual effects with creative alchemy to bring the strange and beautiful creatures of this hidden realm to life.
The show was designed as an evergreen, venue-ready IP, built to run across ARTECHOUSE’s national spaces as a long-form ticketed experience.
Grateful to the visionary team at ARTECHOUSE and the brilliant researchers at WHOI for their insight, support, and trust throughout this collaboration. 💖
The sunlit symphony
Diatoms the jewels of the sea in their environment. Basking in the sunlit ocean surface. Photosynthetic lovers of carbon dioxide and keepers of the oceanic food chain.
the dusk dwellers
Zooplankton + Siphonophore, translucent ocean drifters. Energy transfer professionals on a nightly basis. Diel vertical migration, the largest daily mass migration on earth.
the language of light
Bioluminescence, the great deep sea language. A brilliant luminescent tapestry of communication.
The Twilight Zone
Look into the mesmerizing Strawberry Squid's tentacles, but don't touch.
mana from heaven
Marine snow the energy exporter from the ocean surface to the depths. Also know as Mana from Heaven.
guardians of the twilight
Closer to the surface, prismatic giants cruise through refracting waves of life.
the circle of life
Interconnected celebration of life, the micro and macro all as one.
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Credits
Client
Artechouse / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Creative Direction / Art Direction / Design / Animation
Emmett Feldman