![]() ![]() One of the main attractions is a large sunfish. About 100 species from around the world are kept in this tank, including sharks, rays, barracudas, groupers, and moray eels. ![]() It is 7 m (23 ft) deep, which allows pelagic swimmers to swim above the bottom dwellers, and provides the illusion of the open ocean. Oceanarium (2021) was commissioned by maat and EDP Foundation, in association with the Oceanário de Lisboa. Video installation, 4K video, colour, stereo sound 43 min. The main exhibit is a 1,000 m 2 (11,000 sq ft), 5,000,000 l (1,300,000 US gal) tank with four large 49 m 2 (530 sq ft) acrylic windows on its sides, and smaller focus windows strategically located around it to make sure it is a constant component throughout the exhibit space. Video stills from Oceanarium, 2021, by Armin Linke, in collaboration with Giulia Bruno and Giuseppe Ielasi. Reaktion Books, 2011.The Lisbon Oceanarium has a large collection of marine species - penguins, seagulls and other birds sea otters (mammals) sharks, rays, chimaeras, seahorses and other bony fish crustaceans starfish, sea urchins and other echinoderms sea anemones, corals and other cnidaria octopuses, cuttlefish, sea snails and other mollusks amphibians jellyfish marine plants and terrestrial plants and other marine organisms totaling about 16,000 individuals of 450 species. The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium. A Photographic Journey Back To Marineland of the Pacific.
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