Waterline Su Çizgisi
Video investigating connections between ecology and international maritime commerce through the relationship between barnacles and cargo ships, using the red-colored surface on ship hulls as an analytical tool.
Ekoloji ve uluslararası ticareti birbirine dolayan olay ağlarını kargo gemileri ile kaya midyeleri arasındaki ilişkiye odaklanarak inceleyen video. Gemi gövdelerinin su çizgisi altında kalan kırmızı yüzeyi ölçekler-arası araç olarak kullanılır.
Cargo ships transport biological mass alongside commercial cargo. Barnacles (locally known as “atırgana”) adhere to ship hulls, increasing weight and fuel consumption while causing corrosion. To combat this, ship hulls are painted with biocides, typically red in color, a practice historically rooted in copper plating used by the Royal Navy in the 18th-19th centuries.
Biological transfer also occurs through ballast water, which contains organisms including barnacle larvae. This water is exchanged across different geographical regions based on cargo weight, inadvertently dispersing species categorized as invasive in their new environments.
The red hull surface signifies the boundary between the ship (a technical object) and its environment, marking the ship’s submersion limit and revealing complex relationships among ships, water, and living beings.