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Oysters relocated inland do not simply retain the tidal rhythm of the coast they left behind. Studies suggest that their activity may gradually align with the tide that would occur at their new location if an ocean were present. Even in the absence of a sea, a tidal timetable can be inferred and enacted.
Set within a bed of sand, shell-like forms move slowly through an embedded mechanical system. Their motion proposes a tide without water: an environmental force translated into timing. Fragments of text appear on some surfaces, partially concealed and partially revealed like sedimented traces.
Rather than preserving an origin, the work observes how a body recalibrates within a new site, projecting a workable rhythm from indirect cues and inherited capacity. The inland setting becomes a hypothetical coastline. The sea is absent, yet a schedule for it is produced.