TIDAL ArtS Lighthouse Projects: Where You Can Find Us in 2026

May 15, 2026

From sustainability fairs in Germany to art galleries in Paris, the TIDAL ArtS Lighthouse Projects are making their way across Europe and beyond this year. This post brings together everything we know so far about where our projects will appear in 2026, including confirmed events, dates still in progress, and projects exploring future opportunities.

Confirmed Events

Seaweed Stories Exhibition

4 April 2026 | Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon

The Seaweed Stories Exhibition will take place at the Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon, showcasing creative works inspired by marine environments, sustainability, and storytelling through art.

Project: Seaweed Stories – Cracking Light Productions

View the event gallery HERE.

Zukunft braucht Wandel – GO.GRØØN Fair

25-26 April 2026 | Germany

Project: Echoes of the Deep – Neonature (Kassandra Huynh & Johannes Fuchs)

Kicking off the year, Echoes of the Deep will be presented at the GO.GROEN sustainability fair as part of Zukunft braucht Wandel – a fitting context for a project that speaks to our relationship with the natural world.

Paris Exhibition

11-17 May 2026 | La Ville A des Arts, Paris

Project: (IN)VISIBLE – Carole Sionnet

Carole Sionnet’s (IN)VISIBLE heads to Paris for a week-long exhibition at La Ville A des Arts. This will be the first of two confirmed exhibition stops for this project in 2026.

Fish in a Kettle

25-30 May 2026 | Fabric Studios @Scale, Liverpool (L3 8HL)

Project: Fish in a Kettle – Anita Brokmeier, Kate Taylor Hunter, Felipe Jara, Dr Marta Payo Payo

Fish in a Kettle takes to the stage in Liverpool with a multi-artist presentation at Fabric Studios @Scale. A collaborative work across four artists, this is one to watch.

Oceanographer Talk & Public Workshop

31 May 2026 | Trion Ierarchon 50, Tinos, 84200

Project: Cartography for Future Archaeology – Hypercomf

Cartography for Future Archaeology begins with a public presentation and participatory workshop exploring how marine debris moves across the sea.

Starting from the shores of Tinos, where objects accumulate after storms, the session opens questions around origin, movement, life at sea, and arrival. Marine Biologist and Oceanographer Yiannis Hatzonikolakis will introduce the issue of plastic pollution and how currents, winds, marine organisms, and seasonal patterns shape the trajectories of floating materials across the Aegean and the wider Mediterranean.

The presentation will be followed by a hands-on workshop inviting participants to engage with this knowledge through practice. Working with collected objects, simple mapping tools, and observational guidelines, participants will explore how to “read” materials found on the beach, identifying clues of use, time, movement, and transformation while constructing possible routes of travel.

Presentation of “The Sea Begins Here” at the Green Ideas Festival 2026

5 June 2026 | Presidential Palace courtyard and park

Project: The Sea Begins Here – Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė

As part of the Green Ideas Festival 2026, hosted by the Office of the President of Lithuania on World Environment Day, Agnė Marcinkevičiūtė will present the video essay “The Sea Begins Here”, an artistic and educational project dedicated to raising awareness about the environmental challenges facing the Baltic Sea. The video essay follows a nine-month walking expedition across all eight Baltic Sea countries, exploring the relationship between people and the marine environment. Through documentary storytelling, personal encounters, and scientific perspectives, the project highlights the causes and consequences of marine pollution while encouraging public engagement with environmental issues.

During the festival, the 1-minute 35-second video essay will be screened continuously throughout the event, allowing visitors to engage with the work at any time. The presentation will be accompanied by conversations with festival attendees about the Baltic Sea, sustainability, and the role individuals can play in protecting shared ecosystems. The Green Ideas Festival brings together a diverse audience, including members of the public, environmental organisations, researchers, educators, policy-makers, and public institutions.

As one of Lithuania’s most visible sustainability-focused public events, it provides an important platform for dialogue between science, culture, environmental action, and society. By participating in the festival, the project aims to increase awareness of the ecological condition of the Baltic Sea, encourage personal responsibility for environmental protection, and engage audiences in discussions about the future of one of Europe’s most vulnerable marine ecosystems.

Ocean Gala and Blue Innovation Reception

10 June 2026 | Manhattan Cruise Terminal, New York

Project: A Light in the Black – Lia Komakhidze and Graham Patterson

As part of the Ocean Gala and Blue Innovation Reception in celebration of United Nations World Oceans Day, artists Lia Komakhidze and Graham Patterson will present our documentary project A Light in the Black as featured artists on board Peace Boat in New York City. The Ocean Gala brings together stakeholders from the United Nations, governments, youth, scientists, artists, and civil society to reflect on why the ocean matters and how collaboration, creativity, and innovation can contribute to a more sustainable future.

More info and registration HERE.

Wild Water Country – documentary film screening and exhibition opening

12th June 2026 in Nagykörű (Hungary)

Project: Floodforest – Zsófia Szonja Illés

On the eve of the Cherry Festival, the open-air cinema in Nagykörű hosts the local premiere of Wild Water Country, a short documentary filmed in Nagykörű and on Dobapuszta. The evening opens with an exhibition and a shared fiest from wild clay ceramic pieces that were crafted from local clay. The film screening is preceded by a roundtable discussion with the film’s participants and filmmakers, local farmers and experts. We warmly welcome everyone from the area — and anyone who cares about floodplain farming along the Tisza, or the question of landscape-scale water retention.

About the film:

Wild Water Country (2024, 27 min)
The lush, dark-green forest belt surrounding the meandering Tisza River conceals a unique world. The jungle-like, dense vegetation is interspersed with handkerchief-sized plots of land and orchards, as well as small fishing huts built on stilts. The Tisza regularly floods the side of the flood protection dam on this side, yet the people living and working here see not hardship, but the life-giving gift of water. While the settlements on the side of the dam are plagued by low rainfall, heat, and drought, here we encounter the richness of nature.

Participants of the short documentary film Wild Water Country are local fishermen, anglers, water management experts, and perhaps the last floodplain farmers, who, guiding us through this unique landscape, tell us about living in harmony with the Tisza river.

The artist, Zsófia Szonja Illés, has worked alongside the local farmers from the film for the past five years. Her ceramic pieces, made from locally sourced wild clay, hold something of their knowledge of the local soil and landscape.

More info and registration HERE.

Coastal Urban Futures Exhibition and Parallel Program

19 – 21 June 2026 | EVOHK Artist Run Space, Larnaca | Former Oil-Refinery Area, Larnaca | Pier Castle Square, Larnaca

Project: Coastal Urban Futures – Charis Nika

A three-day public programme in Larnaca’s coastal zone. Exploring alternative futures for the coast of the city, in a time of growing development pressures and ongoing debates about its transformation. Through urban design, marine sciences, research, and public engagement. Through drawings, stories, discussions, tours, screenings, and listening sessions. Reimagining the coast as a shared space of care and coexistence.

Exhibition Opening

Opening: 20 June 2026
Exhibition Dates: 20 June – 20 July 2026 | Trion Ierarchon 50, Tinos, 84200

Project: Cartography for Future Archaeology – Hypercomf

The Cartography for Future Archaeology exhibition presents a large-scale terrazzo map of the Mediterranean, produced collectively over recent months using plastic waste collected from the northern shores of Tinos.

Fragments gathered through beach clean-ups and beachcombing practices have been processed and embedded into terrazzo tiles, forming a material cartography of marine circulation. Rather than reflecting fixed territories, the map traces movement, accumulation, and sedimentation across the sea. Accompanied by collected objects and traces from previous workshops, the exhibition brings together scientific insight, material research, collective observation, and the translation of “invisible” systems into physical form.

La Rochelle Exhibition

8 June – 29 August 2026 | Hotel de Ville, La Rochelle

Project: (IN)VISIBLE – Carole Sionnet

Following Paris, (IN)VISIBLE moves to La Rochelle for an extended summer exhibition at the Hotel de Ville. Running nearly three months, this is a significant opportunity to experience the work.

First Light Festival

20-21 June 2026 | Lowestoft, England

Project: Hotel Kittiwake – Ed Compson & Arieh Frosh

Hotel Kittiwake+ is a sculptural response to artificial nesting sites built for seabirds affected by the North Sea industry. It reflects on the architecture that arises from ecological compensation and asks how a “marine hotel” could be designed with all ocean life in mind.

The sculpture will be presented as part of First Light Festival, a free multi-arts festival.