Name: Michael's penguin encounter by SGHT
Duration: 8 min 29 s
Description: In this episode artist Michael Visocchi has a close encounter with a group of penguins.

In this episode artist Michael Visocchi reflects on the creative process of making his inspiration a reality – to build a monumental artwork called Commensalis: The Spirit Tables of South Georgia within the abandoned whaling station of Grytviken.

Michael reflects on the project

In this episode Michael explores the flensing plan at Grytviken with Jayne Pierce, Curator of South Georgia Museum.

Michael and Jayne on the flensing plan

In this episode artist Michael Visocchi has a close encounter with a group of penguins.

Michael's penguin encounter

In this episode Michael takes his daily commute from the abandoned whaling station at Grytviken to his temporary home at King Edward Point,  accompanied by South Georgia government representative Vicky Inglis.

Daily commute with Vicki

In this episode we join Michael as he explores the work store at Grytviken and finds the rivets that will be such a key element of his Commensalis sculpture.

In the Work Store

In this episode we join the artist Michael Visocchi as he explores the Norwegian church in Grytviken on the island of South Georgia and gives a unique performance.

Michael explores the Norwegian Church

In this episode Michael takes a tour of Grytviken and meets some of the inhabitants, accompanied by marine biologist Jamie Colman. Michael finds out why South Georgia is known as the Serengeti of the Southern Ocean, with the densest concentration of marine mammals and birds on the planet

Michael and Jamie Colman meet the inhabitants of Grytviken

In this episode we join Michael as he begins to explore Grytviken, the abandoned whaling station on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.

Exploring Grytviken and meeting the wildlife

In this episode we join Michael 800 miles east of the Falkland Islands, on board the fisheries protection vessel Pharos as Michael arrives at South Georgia and sees the island for the first time…

Michael's penguin encounter

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