Carbon Migration

2025

At a time when scientists are providing increasing evidence that the ocean acts as a carbon sink and that human activity is threatening its natural storage capacity, it is still little known to the public that industrial groups are currently developing infrastructures to store CO2 under the ocean.

“Carbon Migration” is a visual investigation of the current development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology, which involves capturing industrial emissions of CO2, then transforming this gas into a liquid and transporting it by ship and pipeline to storage plants, where the liquid CO2 is injected deep underground.

Pierre-Eric Baumann examines the ambivalence and uncertainties of this new industry through the prism of an experimental documentary approach, combining photo-lithographic printmaking, moving images and sculptural installation.

Graduation Project
at KABK Royal Academy of Art The Hague, NL
See full description in the Graduation Catalogue 2025: https://graduation.kabk.nl/2025/pierre-eric-baumann