Mar
Art from the Arctic
I’m not a fan of hot weather. I’ll take subzero icy temperatures over a humid new york summer any day of the week. So, when i happened upon the documentary Art from the Arctic, I immediately e-mailed the creators of the founding project Cape Farewell and asked them if they needed anyone to help out on their schooner for the next expedition to the upper arctic of Greenland. The documentary was amazing, about a group of scientists and artists who go to the arctic circle in order to study and respond to the very visible and tangible effects of climate change.
Witness the artists’ response to the harsh environment, and their take on the impacts of climate change. Some were inspired to make instant artworks, carving optical ice lenses and cameras, making glacial projections, creating habitable snow-rooms, sketching, drawing and writing, whilst others quietly absorbed their surroundings, producing work on their return home. Enduring temperatures of -35°C, the stormy waters of ‘The Devil’s Dancefloor’ and the cramped conditions of nautical living, join them in their exploration of the extraordinary and vulnerable Arctic.
The movie is showing on the Sundance channel this month, and I would recommend it strongly. here’s a link to a clip and showtimes.
