Impermafrost
By
Angela Davies
2017
- Sculpture
- Installation Art
- Architectural Art
- Digital and New Media Art
- Environment & Sustainability
- Social & Political
- Abstract & Conceptual
- Science & Technology
- Art And Climate Change
- Climate Crisis
- Climate Change
- Site Responsive Sculpture
- Installationart
- Glass Installation
- Light Sculptures
- Ice
- Audio
- Installation Art
- Loss
- Mourning
- Visual Art
Impermafrost, 2017
Audio-Visual Installation: 50 individual glass blown forms and kiln enamelled glass sheets, LEDs, controller system, soundscape.
Light is a central driver of biological processes and systems and the changes in Arctic sea ice are resulting in increasing light transmittance and absorption. Impermafrost seeks to encourage reflection on environmental dialogues. The alchemy of glass through the transformative qualities of heat and light allow for connections alluding to ice forms and processes of climate change.
Impermafrost explores shifting states and natural cycles, it considers the impact of global events on a local level, transposing the experience to a domestic scale.
The work was created in response to a residency undertaken in Norway, at the time The National Snow and Ice Data Center released an animation of the Arctic sea ice melt. It was one of the highest melts recorded. The animated light responds to climate data obtained from National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Credit: Special thanks to S12 Studio and Gallery, The installation was generously supported by S12 during a residency undertaken at S12 glass studio, Norway.
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