Alda (2018) is a video and music installation created by artist and composer Dodda Maggý. The work explores shared mythologies and superstitions of the sea in the seafarer communities Hull, Grimsby and Iceland.

The working process involved interviewing historians and going through various archives in Hull, Grimsby (UK) and Reykjavik. Alda is a sensorial and psychological translation of that research, employing the narrative quality of music with suggestive moving imagery.

The video is made from archival recordings of the sea, with the footage sampled, animated and rearranged into new abstract shapes. The composition was recorded at the University of Hull, performed by Anna Kent (Viola), Brice Catherin (Cello), Sandy Clark (French Horn), Simon Desbruslais (Trumpet) with Tallulah Vigars and Aled Edwards on the ambisonic sound field mics and desk, the final mix by Dodda Maggý.