BALTIC CODE OF SIGNALS 

2026

Project in collaboration with Ivandet on Bornholm, DK

a TIDAL ARTS project

supported by Danish Art Workshops


Exhibited at Folkemødet and Isværket, Bornholm, DK

Poster exhibited in the Imagining Godzilla Exhibition at Kulturhus Björkboda, FI


What is the Baltic Sea made of? What’s happening in its depths and on its shores? How can we make sense of it, and make it visible?

Baltic Code Of Signals is set on Bornholm, and is a  collaboration with Ivandet and students at Bornholms Højskole and Kongeskærskolen. We worked together to create a new visual language for the Baltic Sea through the design of reimagined maritime signal flags.

The project began in Tejn harbour, gathering observations and collecting species while a Sensemakers sensor boat collected data on conditions in real time. Flag designs were inspired by Baltic science as well as the feeling of being waist deep in its waters and holding it in your hands.

The flags were produced  at the Danish Art Workshops, small flags on lengths of rope, larger ones on old sailcloth and a poster of their messages written by the students to accompany their designs.

The project was presented by the students during Folkemødet, and displayed during the summer season at Isværket on the entrance to Tejn Harbour. 


Observing and collecting species

Designing and painting signal flag ideas

Producing the flags in the Danish Art Workshops

Folkemødet: Students at Kongeskærskolen presenting the poster of the flag designs and messages and giving out postcards with messages about the Baltic Sea

Bornholms Højskole’s pavilion for Folkemødet

English and Danish language versions of the Flag poster