Intertidal

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Terrarium

Cars as vessels of intertidal transformation

Terrarium reimagines the parked car as a vessel of environmental exchange. Common small car models found across Plymouth are sealed watertight and fitted with hidden tanks and pumps that control the flow of brackish water into and out of the cabin.

Interiors are seeded with intertidal grasses and reeds, allowing miniature tidal ecosystems to take root through repeated flooding and draining — an uncanny image of adaptation in a time of rising seas.

Live Levels

Four cars, four locations — rising and falling with the tide

Locations

Plymouth Sound · National Marine Park

Plymouth Culture Plymouth Sound National Marine Park Plymouth City Council The National Lottery Heritage Fund Arts Council England