On-Site and Spatial Explorations Through Ice
Iceland
In situ explorations that engage with the temporality of the Icelandic winter context—a landscape that, due to its geographic condition and atmospheric variability, is in constant transformation. Snow shifts into hail, sunlight dissolves into wind, frost appears and fades, producing a terrain of continuous change and remarkable plasticity.
The pieces emerge from this dynamic environment, utilizing the thin layers of ice that form naturally on the surface of streams and rivers. The pieces are assembled: planes of ice are carefully collected and brought together to create ephemeral spaces. These ice planes retain the textures, fractures, and air patterns embedded during their formation, carrying the memory of the flowing water into a temporary solid state.
Under sunlight, the pieces activate—projecting subtle reflections and textures that reveal the internal structure of the ice. At the same time, they begin to dissolve. The works exist within a cyclical transition: from liquid to ice, from ice to snow, and back again. Their presence is therefore temporary, gradually disappearing as they return to the conditions from which they emerged.
The ice-explorations highlight impermanence, operating as temporal interventions that respond to the shifting atmospheric and material conditions of the site.
