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Woman in red coat stands towards the ocean facing away from the camera
Sarah Cameron Sunde. “36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea” at Te Uru. Photo courtesy of Ian Powell.

The Ocean Spirit Inside: Talking With Sarah Cameron Sunde
Shana Chandra for EyeContact
June 29, 2020

In a recent interview with EyeContact, an art forum based in New Zealand, Sarah Cameron Sundae opens up about battling two pandemics at once – COVID-19 and Climate Change. Sundae describes her experience performing in Kaitarakihi as “one of the most profound things I’ve ever experienced.”

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Group of thirteen people stand ankle deep in water. All are clothed and facing away from the camera. There are trees in the horizon
Sarah Cameron Sunde and some of the residents of Bodo during the high tide. Photo courtesy 36.5 media team.

High tides are deadly but one artist is using them to speak about climate change
Janet Murikira for One Earth
January 26, 2020

A group of fisherman stand next to Sarah Cameron Sundae during the African leg of A Performance with the Sea. Locals of the Bodo Inlet have been battling rising tides by replanting trees and pushing for behavioral change in the community.     

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Three people facing away from the camera sitting on sand near the ocean
36.5 / Bay of Bengal

Exploring Time And Scale Of A Crisis In A Durational Performance With The Sea
The Art of the Green New Deal
November 6, 2019

Sarah Cameron Sundae shares her environmental anxieties and the powerful connections she makes with each community she performs in in an intimate interview with The Art of the Green New Deal. Completed before the COVID-19 outbreak, Sundae shares her excitement in participating in Climate Week 2020 as well as the presidential election.

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Woman standing shoulder level in the ocean facing away from the camera with a city in the background
Sarah Cameron Sunde, “36.5 / Bay of All Saints (test shots)” (2019) (photo by Guilherme Burgos and Sarah Cameron Sunde)

Sarah Cameron Sunde’s Immersive Performances
Nicole Miller for Hyperallergic
March 30, 2019

Nicole Miller highlights Sundae’s resilience during her performance in Salvador, Brazil. Hyperallegric praises Sundae’s determination to both raise awareness of Climate Change but also making connections with the communities she visits.

“This is a radical gesture in itself; by stressing endurance, continuity, and incremental change 36.5 holds out the possibility that there’s still time for meaningful action.” – Nicole Miller

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Far away shot of a woman standing ankle deep in water
Sarah Cameron Sunde: 36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea, North Sea, Netherlands // Photo by Sarah Cameron Sunde and Jonas de Witte.

Sarah Cameron Sunde on Water as a Canvas and Collaborator
TL Andrews for Berlin Art Link
August 21, 2018

A brief but informative interview between TL Andrews and Sundae about using water as both her canvas and a collaborator. 

“So I’m thinking about everything and I’m thinking about nothing, I’m feeling everything and I’m feeling nothing. I’m never bored. I go into another place. That’s why the subtitle, A durational performance with the Sea, is really important to me: there’s a possibility of collaborating with the water.” – Sarah Cameron Sundae

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Close up of a fully clothed woman standing ankle deep in the ocean
Sarah Cameron Sunde, “A durational performance with the sea” (2015) in the Netherlands (photo by Jonas de Witte).

Faced with a Rising Tide, Artist Lets It Wash Over Her
Claire Voon for Hyperallergic
August 10, 2015

“Time and the power of water suddenly came into focus for me, and there was a sharp parallel between questions of sustainability of an individual artist and sustainability of a civilization, as humans who have built our cities right by the sea.” – Sarah Cameron Sundae

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Woman in red coat stands on grass staring into the distance
Sarah Cameron Sunde prepares for her next immersion: overlooking the Waddenzee, part of the North Sea. Photo: Jonas de Witte.

Tidal Endurance: Sarah Cameron Sunde Brings 36.5 to the Netherlands
Nils Van Beek for The Brooklyn Rail
July – August 2015

Nils Van Beek, a native of Amsterdam, writes this article in 2015, taking us back to Sundae’s second year of A Performance with the Sea. Beek emphasizes how Sundae’s practice touches on many issues – political, social, environmental, historical, and especially artistic.

“The performance reveals the dangers that are hidden below a calm water surface and challenges her physical and mental endurance. Sarah does not take a watch with her and therefore has to come to a different understanding of time, of the permanent changing and passing of things.” – Nils Van Beek

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