Magnhild Øen Nordahl

Vannmåler for Bergen

2025

Painted wood, 4x1,2 m

A public installation at Dreggekaien in Bergen in the occasion of One Ocean Week

The artwork makes visible how the shifting water surface relates to the Norwegian Mapping Authority’s sea level reference points, average measurements, and the UN Climate Panel’s projections for where these levels are expected to be in the future. The project was developed in dialogue with sea level scientist Kristin Richter in NORCE and presented during the Bergen Municipality's One Ocean Week session ´Sea level rise in European cities - living with/against the ocean'.

Current water level between average low tide and chart datum
Current water level at NN2000, the level used as reference levels for land maps in Norway
Current water level above average high tide