We are delighted to share that Cove Park is a residential partner on the international project, The Ocean’s Edge / Litoral do Limite. We look forward to welcoming commissioned artists to Cove Park for two week residencies in Spring 2026.

Led by Pivô (Brazil) and Invisible Dust (UK) with TBA21–Academy (Spain), The Ocean’s Edge / Litoral do Limite explores the future of the Brazilian and UK Atlantics, with artists Letícia Ramos (Brazil), Licida Vidal (Brazil) and Alberta Whittle (UK).

Part of the official programme of the UK/Brazil Season of Culture 2025–26 by the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa, the project involves three commissioned artists and a dynamic public programme designed to engage communities, scientists, and curators in a process of shared listening, learning, and creation in Brazil and the UK.

‘Does the sea surround the land, or the land the sea? The Ocean’s Edge / Litoral do Limite draws inspiration from pioneering environmentalist, marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson, blending ocean science and Indigenous philosophies. It creates a confluence of the interdisciplinary, decolonial, and climate-focused approach of Pivô, Invisible Dust, and TBA21–Academy to foster long-term international collaboration.

The Atlantic, the Earth’s great conveyor belt, holds a quarter of the planet’s water and underpins many of our ecosystems. Yet it faces urgent threats, including climate warming, overfishing, over development, and plastic pollution – issues that affect both the Brazilian and UK Atlantics.

Who are the voyagers in this ocean of our imagination, attuned to the flows of the possible? The Ocean’s Edge / Litoral do Limite proposes a poetic and critical reflection on the Atlantic through a decolonial, transatlantic lens, at a moment when we vitally need new thinking and connections ‘to step from the Ocean’s Edge’.’ – Invisible Dust

Taking place during a crucial year for global climate action on our oceans with COP30 in Belém, Brazil 25/26 – the project is developed in collaboration by two world leading marine research laboratories: the Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo Brazil (IO-USP) and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (UK). Alongside  partnerships with Bienal das Amazônias Belém (BR), Cátedra UNESCO para Sustentabilidade do Oceano (BR), Laboratório de Arte e Ciência Oceânica da Universidade de São Paulo (BR), Instituto de Ciências da Arte da Universidade Federal do Pará (BR), Cove Park (UK) and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (UK).

Left to right: Artists Licida Vidal (BR), Letícia Ramos (BR) and Alberta Whittle (UK) in the city of Belém as part of ‘The Ocean’s Edge / Litoral Do Limite’, October 2025. Photograph courtesy of Invisible Dust