The largest migration on Earth begins in darkness.
A freediver enters it at night, on a single breath, wearing a suit that glows like the creatures around her. An immersive exhibition at Villa Mare, Zurich, November 2027.
Feel peace for what we once feared.
Let the unknown take our hand.
Be kind to what we don’t understand.
I give my breath to welcome peace.
Sea the Unseen sends a freediver into the largest migration on Earth.
Every night, billions of small creatures rise from the deep to the surface to feed, and sink again before dawn. Many of them glow. It happens every night, everywhere, and almost no one has ever seen it.
In 2027, Zoe Moore will dive into the open ocean off Indonesia at night, on a single breath, wearing a suit that glows like the creatures around her. We turn that crossing into photographs and sound, and bring it back to the surface as an immersive exhibition at Villa Mare, Zurich, in November 2027.
The suit
The suit is the heart of the project. A single, made-to-measure wetsuit that turns a freediver into a creature of light.
Its branching pattern traces the web of light that runs through the deep, the luminous canals that comb jellies and siphonophores speak in. Treated with a light-storing pigment, it glows deep blue in the dark.
Black, sleek, built for one breath.
A creature of light, on one breath.
Concept visual.
The rhythm of the migration, made audible.
Emeka Ogboh (Chanel Next Prize winner 2026) turns real data from the migration, its depth, density and timing, into an immersive soundscape.
It is woven with spoken word from Zoe on breath, feeling and the body, so you can feel what it is like to be there, at depth.
One breath. Total darkness.
Zoe dives at night into the open ocean off Indonesia, inside the migration itself, directed by blackwater specialist Alexander Kellett.
The shoot takes place in 2027, its timing set by the elements: the ocean and the cycles of the moon.
The images on this page are concept visuals that combine real photography and AI. The final images come from the shoot.
The exhibition
Sea the Unseen brings you into that moment. You enter in near-darkness, the way a freediver enters the deep: calm, slow, the world falling away. Light rises around you. Sound carries the rhythm of the migration. You leave with wonder, reconnected with yourself, and with hope that we can live more in tune with nature.
“On one breath, in the dark, the world falls away. I feel total peace. I offer myself to this beautiful world with friendliness, and it welcomes me.”Zoe Moore
The twilight zone, brought into classrooms.
A children's programme built into the exhibition, plus sessions for schools, institutions and companies, through story, sound and integration.
Children discover the wonder of the deep: how its creatures make their own light, almost without heat, and use it as a language to find food, warn, hide and meet. Then we play: if we lived down there, how would we speak in light, and what would we do?
Embodiment is at the heart of it. How much do we really know about our own bodies and what they can do? Like the freediver who meets the deep on one breath, children discover the quiet powers inside them: breath, heartbeat, calm and focus.
Wellbeing and mental health are part of every session. Breath work stays gentle: simple techniques, never holding the breath to the limit and never in water.
Not the usual crowd.
We take the deep to people who rarely meet it, and who can help protect it. Wonder first. Support follows.
Business leaders
Corporate leaders and teams with the means to give, through private viewings and team experiences.
Art lovers and collectors
The exhibition and art world: they come for the art and leave caring for the ocean.
Private members’ clubs
Intimate evenings in private members’ clubs, where wonder turns into support.
Children and schools
The next generation, reached early through schools and our children’s programme.
Ocean lovers and explorers
Divers and sailors who already love the water, and space and tech pioneers: how life survives extreme pressure here hints at what life could be elsewhere.
“Nature’s rules are the same everywhere. To understand space and other planets, we must first understand our first ecosystem: life under extreme pressure, the wonders of evolution and the efficiency of nature itself.”Zoe Moore
People protect what they feel connected to.
Research tells us what lives in the deep. Art makes people care.
People that research rarely reaches
Art, sound and a suit of light
Science that feels personal
Support, voice and giving
Made once. Seen for two years.
It opens in Zurich in 2027, then tours (planned: Singapore, Monaco, Venice). Every new venue spreads the same cost across more people.
Prefer to fund research directly?
Talk to us, and we will gladly point you to organisations working to protect the deep.
Evidence: a meta-analysis of 37 samples (13,237 people) found a clear link between feeling connected to nature and acting to protect it. Whitburn et al., Conservation Biology, 2020.
The people behind it
Zoe Moore
President and founder, freediver
Nicole Dechev
Board member and finance
Geraldine Belmont
Board member and secretary
Artur Deyneuve
Co-art director, brand identity
Emeka Ogboh
Artist, sound and installation
From the first stitch to the opening night
Indicative schedule. Exact shoot dates follow ocean and lunar conditions.
Help bring the deep to the surface.
The whole project, as main partner
One chapter: the shoot, the exhibition or education
One specific cost, or support in kind
In return: early access, a bespoke experience and credit as a partner. We also welcome introductions and curatorial advice.
Fund the night shoot
Our GoFundMe raises the money for the photoshoot in Indonesia: the photographer and camera team, the underwater equipment and lights, the dive and boat crew, and the travel. Every donation, big or small, helps bring the deep to the surface.
Fund the children’s programme
A separate fundraiser for the education programme: learning materials and 9 sessions for schools, where children explore the ocean, their breath and the powers of their own bodies.
Talk to us
For partnerships, private viewings and press, write to Zoe Moore: