CREATIVE STUDIO
A Civilization of Beauty
Founded by artist and curator Kira von Heuer, House of Sea is a creative studio exploring the human experience, particularly our relationship with vitality.
The practice is drawn to the most enduring of human inventions: romance, ritual, imagination, beauty. We have long created these for one another. House of Sea directs them toward nature instead, and asks whether this shift, in which nature becomes the recipient of our devotion, might be the very thing that makes us feel more alive.
In the spirit of surrealism, these familiar gestures are placed in unfamiliar territory, so that both they and the natural world might be seen anew. It is an invitation to a more reciprocal relationship with nature, and a quiet reordering of what we value.
This curiosity takes form through large-scale installations, immersive experiences, objects and curatorial projects.
The studio’s current focus, Love Letters to the Ocean, is an ongoing social art practice exploring romance as a way of relating to the natural world.
LOVE LETTERS TO THE OCEAN
Love Letters to the Ocean is an ongoing social art practice exploring whether romance can transform our relationship with the natural world.
At its heart is a simple gesture: writing a love letter.
Here, romance is more than a feeling. It is a way of relating, rooted in attention, reverence, imagination and reciprocity. The practice asks whether a shift in affection might bring about a shift in how we care for the living world.
The ocean is where the correspondence begins, but the invitation reaches beyond its shores, toward our own private mythologies: the memories, relationships, places and imagined worlds that shape our experience of being alive.
The work takes three forms:
I. Large-scale art installations
II. Intimate 1:1 immersions
III. Collective participation and ritual
THE BOXED SET
An invitation to create your own ritual of romance with the natural world.
Each set contains a curated collection of objects to guide you through writing a love letter and creating a personal ritual: writing prompts, water-soluble paper, a candle, perfume oil, tea and other sensory elements that invite you to slow down and connect with nature.
Write a letter. Create your own ritual. Carry your words to the water.
Made for solitary moments or shared gatherings, the sets can mark life’s celebrations and transitions, from weddings and new beginnings to honoring a memory, a friendship, or simply the pleasure of being alive.
Each ritual is yours to interpret. All that’s required is a willingness to fall in love.
2022
Puerto Escondido, Mexico
2024
Ischia, Italy
2025
Aviemore, Scotland
Last Updated 24.10.31
LOVE LETTERS TO THE OCEAN
Love Letters to the Ocean is an ongoing social art practice exploring whether romance can transform our relationship with the natural world.
At its heart is a simple gesture: writing a love letter.
Here, romance is more than a feeling. It is a way of relating, rooted in attention, reverence, imagination and reciprocity. The practice asks whether a shift in affection might bring about a shift in how we care for the living world.
The ocean is where the correspondence begins, but the invitation reaches beyond its shores, toward our own private mythologies: the memories, relationships, places and imagined worlds that shape our experience of being alive.
The work takes three forms:
I. Large-scale art installations
II. Intimate 1:1 immersions
III. Collective participation and ritual
THE BOXED SET
An invitation to create your own ritual of romance with the natural world.
Each set contains a curated collection of objects to guide you through writing a love letter and creating a personal ritual: writing prompts, water-soluble paper, a candle, perfume oil, tea and other sensory elements that invite you to slow down and connect with nature.
Write a letter. Create your own ritual. Carry your words to the water.
Made for solitary moments or shared gatherings, the sets can mark life’s celebrations and transitions, from weddings and new beginnings to honoring a memory, a friendship, or simply the pleasure of being alive.
Each ritual is yours to interpret. All that’s required is a willingness to fall in love.
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