Catalogue published on the occasion of the solo exhibition Transhemispheria at Hå Gamle Prestegard, Nærbø, Norway, from November 15th 2025 to January 11th, 2026, curated by Daniela Arriado.

Transhemispheria was a 9-year artistic research project that investigated cross-hemispheric relations through the lens of contemporary planetary tensions:

* the kinship, insertion, farming and impact of salmon;
* the anthropocentric management and manipulation of marine life, and
* the coexistence—and gradual disappearance—of ancestral knowledge within artistic and scientific frameworks.

Its central aim was to reflect on these interconnections through the creation of a series of artworks and to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among local, artistic, philosophical, scientific, and Indigenous communities across the so-called Global North and Global South.

Transhemispheria was manifested through 4 different positions: The Bone, The Bonding, The Poetry and The Ethos. This catalogue features the creative process behind each one of them, with reflections and visual documentation. In other words, what it cannot be shown in the exhibition context.

The layout design was conceived by Fara Peluso, who, through a shared sensibility, selected the image of a salmon’s otolith to structure the four chapters. This choice reflects the scientific reading of the otolith’s biochemical layers, through which the life history of the fish is revealed.

• – Concept: Michelle-Marie Letelier
• – Texts: Daniela Arriado, Michelle-Marie Letelier
• – Graphic design: Fara Peluso
• – Photos exhibition at Hå Gamle Prestegard: Erik Sæter Jørgensen
• – Print run: 240

Supported by the Norway Arts Council and Hå Gamle Prestegard.

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