To coincide with the Underwater Pavilions installation in St Barth, Art St Barth and Parley curated a mixed-media art exhibition at the historical Wall House Museum, set along the sea at La Pointe de Gustavia, in St Barths.

On view is the video installation Underwater Pavilions by the artist Doug Aitken. The film explores three remarkable sculptures and distils an otherworldly experience by immersing viewers in an underwater realm. Chronicling the artworks&mdash;from installation to their encounters with divers and aquatic life&mdash;the installation tunes viewers into the rhythm of the ocean and its lifecycles, as the structures adjust with the currents and time of day. Viewers experience a variety of converging perceptual encounters that play with the fluidity of time and space, where the language of contemporary architecture, land art, and ocean research begins to merge.
Select artworks from the Parley collection were brought together in the museum show&mdash;including the Parley surfboard collaborations by the artists Katharina Grosse, Jenny Holzer, Ed Ruscha, Kenny Scharf, and Rosemarie Trockel. Limited-edition prints by Tatiana Trouv&eacute; and Nigel Cooke, along with Cooke&rsquo;s unique work on paper and a large scale work by Jiř&iacute; Georg Dokoupil. Artist flags made from Parley Ocean Plastic&reg; by artists Julio Le Parc and Jeppe Hein will be on view.

Parley for the Oceans was founded in the heart of the art community, with early supporters including Julian Schnabel, who created the Parley logo and hosted the first Parley talk at his home, Palazzo Chupi. Parley has since expanded its art program across the globe and collaborated on projects ranging from artists&rsquo; unique works and site-specific installations&mdash;like Doug Aitken&rsquo;s Underwater Pavilions&mdash; to eco-innovative surfboards with the aformentioned leading contemporary artists such as: Katharina Grosse, all to raise funds for its global &ldquo;Cleanup Network&rdquo; that operates in over 30 countries.
As Parley&rsquo;s Art Program curator Sara Jaurequi clarifies &ldquo;Art For Our Oceans in St Barths has been more than three years in the making. We are extremely grateful for the support of our partners at Art Saint Barth for bringing this opportunity to Parley. We think of St Barths as an epicenter, a place where we can all come together for the cause&mdash;to create long lasting impact, reminding us of what we need to protect and to inspire change for the future and future generations.&rdquo;

Likewise, her colleague and fellow curator Charlotte Desaga affirms that: &ldquo;Saving the Oceans means holding on to their beauty&mdash;this conviction has been our guideline for this extraordinary project. The Wall House Museum is the perfect place to present an accrochage of works by Parley&rsquo;s closest artist friends, not least by Doug Aitken whose spectacular Underwater Pavilions make our mission tangible. We are tremendously thankful to join St Barth in our mission of saving the oceans.&rdquo;
Charlotte and Sara together run Parley&rsquo;s Art Program alongside Parley&rsquo;s founder &amp; CEO, Cyrill Gutsch, and co- founder, Reiner Opoku.
The Wall House Museum is also an idyllic location to showcase the artworks by artists who have supported Parley&rsquo;s mission. These works represent a symbol for change. The art collaborations directly support our efforts to reduce and eliminate plastic waste in the oceans and beaches by facilitating clean-up programs and infrastructure around the globe.

The artist surfboards unite the worlds of art and surfing as a messenger for the cause. Each is a symbol and a call for the eco-innovation, creativity, and collaboration that can protect our oceans. The surf community is equally vital to the Parley mission as the artists, as they know the oceans like no others.
Collaboration partner Firewire is at the forefront of innovation in the surf industry. Using their Timbertech Ecoboard- certified construction for this artwork is a symbol for change as this surfboard is made with sustainably-sourced wood and bio-resin, which reduces its carbon footprint by over 30% compared with traditionally built surfboards.
A special limited edition swimsuit with Parley x Doug Aitken, produced by Vilebrequin, in recycled fabric with embroidery, will be released for the occasion with the sole purpose of raising funds for the protection of the oceans in St Barth. The special collaboration piece will be sold at the Vilebrequin shop in Gustavia and at the Eden Rock - St Barths Boutique.

Parley limited-edition artist bags are made with Ocean Plastic&reg;&mdash;a premium material created from upcycled plastic waste recovered from remote islands, waters and coastlines by its global cleanup network. Each bag is made from approximately five intercepted plastic bottles. The Parley Ocean Bag artist series forms part of an on-going collaboration between Parley and world-renowned contemporary artists.
Ut&ouml;pia and Parley developed a series of new artist flags with artists: Doug Aitken, Jeppe Hein, Julio LeParc. Each flag is also made from Parley Ocean Plastic.
The bags and flags can be purchased at Eden Rock - St Barths or online at Parley.tv
Through the partnerships and artist collaborations, The Art for Our Oceans program will collect funding, with the support of the Territorial Council and The Wall House Museum, for the local organizations that are working daily to protect our island. The idea is to create a global movement of change-makers, and to protect the marine environments. Ocean education events, including talks, workshops and more will take place during the exhibition.

Exposition ART FOR OUR OCEANS (ART POUR NOS OC&Eacute;ANS), Wall House Museum, La Pointe de Gustavia, St Barth December 16, 2022 - February 11. 2023 Curated by Art Saint Barth @artsaintbarth &amp; Parley for the Oceans @parley.tv For more info: Artforouroceans.com @artforouroceans

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