The Bonding

The Bonding is the result of a documentation of a bond with a group of farmed salmons during the 2.5 years of their programmed lifespan. This bond started on December 12th 2019 with 100 Salmo Salar eggs at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Matre, Norway, and culminated with 16 salmon on March 3rd 2022.

– Production: Michelle-Marie Letelier & Carlos Vasquez
– Cinematography: Carlos Vasquez
– Edition and sound: Carlos Vasquez & Michelle-Marie Letelier
– Sound design: Titus Maderlechner
– Post-production: Muscle Temple Lab
– Technical assistance underwater system: Carlo Crovato
– Infrastructure and technical management IMR: Lise Dyrhovden, Ivar Helge Matre, Tone Knappskog, Torfinn Aga, Arnor Gullanger, Linda Neset, Abhinay Nalla, Simon B. Flavell, Tone Vägseth, Espen Heggland
– Animal welfare: Lise Dyrhovden, Ivar Helge Matre, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Tone Knappskog, Arnor Gullanger, Tone Vägseth, Linda Neset
– Logistics: Ragnar Nortverdt, Ivar Helge Matre, Rosie Peligro, Magnhild Rørtveit

Filmed at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Matre, Norway, between 2019-2022

* Martin Lee Mueller, Being Salmon, Being Human, page 223. Editorial Chelsea Green, 2017

Exhibited at:
– 2022-2023, Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile

Screened at:
– 2023, Richmond Cultural Centre, Richmond BC, Canada