Dying Iceberg, Wood, canvas, 10’ x 48’ x 1’, 2021
Dying Iceberg is an interactive environmental art object, which expresses the relationship between nature and people by means of fine art. Anything that has occurred in this world, exists – lives its life in interaction with the surrounding environment and living beings in it. Climate plays an invaluable role in the world’s existence. Owing to it, glaciers have formed. Having reached the ocean, they create icebergs that swim across the vastness of the ocean to live their lives to the end. Both humans and animals live in this time that we have in common, having created a suitable living space for centuries long. Recently, due to the human-induced climate change, nature is undergoing various alarming changes resulting in changed nature. One of them is the melting – dying of glaciers and, consequently, the disappearance of icebergs. Natural landscapes, flora and fauna are changing, and animal populations and human habitats are being affected.
The environmental art object Dying Iceberg is a tribute to the iceberg. The iceberg born of a glacier goes to live its life in the ocean, where it melts – it dies. We must worry that along with the disappearance of glaciers, icebergs will also die out.
US Production Unit led by Ian Van D., and assisted by Brittany Weekley (Graduate Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison). Installation support provided by artists Carly Odegard, Max Rawling, Ben Weil, Russ Bennett and others from 350.org
Sponsored by Madison Arts Commission
Thank you to Clean Lakes Alliance for installation consultation
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