In collaboration with The Black Diamond, Royal Danish Library, SHINE ON, YOU CRAZY CORAL was exhibited in the dark water of the harbour during Copenhagen Light Festival 2nd-25th February 2024.

Why do corals light up? It is one of the ocean’s most beautiful and striking mysteries. Shine on, You Crazy Coral invites the audience to experience one of nature’s most wondrous light phenomena: fluorescent corals.

The recent collapse of several of the world’s coral ecosystems is a catastrophe that is unequivocally linked to global warming. Scientists have investigated why different coral species are luminescent, and they now believe that one of the phenomenon’s purposes is to defend the corals against harmful sun rays and rising sea temperatures. In this installation we see coral creatures in a luminous choreography that is about their own survival.