Glacial blue ice from the Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) Ice Sheet will be transformed into a reverential sculpture, a reliquary, traveling the world as a frozen ambassador, representing the interests of the Arctic environment and the Indigenous peoples who reside there.
Website Credits: Photography, website design and build by Emile Holba. Illustrations by Brian Goggin. Audio by Charles Monroe-Kane. Text by Brian Goggin, Charles Monroe-Kane and Emile Holba. All rights reserved by Sermersuaq: The Last Ice Project. No reproduction without prior permission.
Comparison of the simulated thickness of the Greenland ice sheet at the beginning (a) and end (b) of one of the simulations for the unabated warming pathway (MIROC5/RCP8.5, ice loss 1.62 meters SLE). The melting and retreat of the Greenland ice sheet occurs in all regions from the far north to the south (Ralf Greve, Christopher Chambers, Journal of Glaciology, March 14, 2022).‘Sermersuaq: The Last Ice Project’ will be an immersive installation including the creation of a space to contemplate and be present with the beauty and importance of a glacial ice gem that will serve as both a relic of significance and a cultural and glacial ice ambassador.
The journey of the Ice Ambassador will show how an international team of people can come together to create a modern meaningful myth to transport and share what is most most precious, and fragile, an Ice Ambassador in a reliquary freezer designed to transport it around the world from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) and back.
In addition to the capsule, the touring public exhibition will include an immersive film (directed by three-time Emmy award winning film director Jon Halperin), a formal photography exhibit (by award winning British Arctic photographer Emile Holba), and an accompanying radio podcast series (by Peabody award winning radio producer Charles Monroe-Kane). Music for the project will be composed by Terje Isungset (internationally known as the pioneer of Ice Music).
Together, they will work in Ilulissat, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), to extract a large block of ancient glacial ice that will be preserved in the form of a precious gem. Page credits: Photography by Emile Holba. Text by Brian Goggin, Charles Monroe-Kane and Emile Holba.
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