Satellite images show that the iceberg on which Verheggen placed his sculptures in March have started to move.

Satellite images show that the iceberg on which Verheggen placed his sculptures in March have started to move.

ArtDaily.com reports that the big moment for the sculptures of Dutch artist Ap Verheggen has come. The iceberg in Greenland on which he placed his artwork “Dog Sled Riders” back in March has broken loose. The uncertain journey can be followed on the website www.coolemotion.org, via GPS, photos, and video. (more…)

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Track the iceberg with sculptures in the Arctic Ocean

Track the iceberg with sculptures in the Arctic Ocean

As Joel and Galya worked at their great project “Uummannaq Music Festival” in Uummaannaq, Greenland, 590 kilometers north of the Artic Circle, the team of Cool(E)motion, placed two huge sculptures on an iceberg.

The sculptures start to float shortly and will make an uncertain trip through the Arctic oceans. Cool(E)motion attached GPS systems on the sculptures so everybody can see ‘live’ where they are drifting to.

The project is launched to show the impact of climate change on local cultures.

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Wolrd Ice Art Championship 2010 in Alaska

I wish I would be there : ))
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Winter – Bull – Yakutia

Winter - Bull -  Yakutia

“Winter Bull”

Lilia Popova

Öl auf Leinwand, 90×100 cm

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Ice SculpturesHeat-sensitive  artworks

Berlin. An exhibition right next to the arena O2 World in Berlin-Friedrichshain unusual ice sculptures by Chinese artists. Thus the Chinese Eiskunstfestival “Ice Art” will be held for the first time in Germany, as the organizers communicated. Until 19 February 2010 can be admired the icy works of art in the 1200 Qudratmeter great hall to rule consistently with about minus three degrees Celsius.

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Wind and Snow Glasses

Wind and snow glasses

This glasses are made by Nganasan man.
The Nganasans are one of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. They are the northernmost of the Samoyedic peoples, living on the Taymyr Peninsula by the Arctic Ocean.

 


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