paintings, writing, and explorations in sound
When I was a kid, I thought aurora borealis were extra special, super-high-in-the-stratosphere ribbons of ice reflecting wild lights from outer space. Now I know better, but no matter how much we learn scientifically about the Northern Lights - no matter how measurable they are, or they may become mappable - when I see the… Continue reading no ice in the aurora, but peter mettler’s near
if you'll excuse my constant return to the north-north (further north than Dawson City) as a subject of conversation, here's another ice image from Tuktoyaktuk ... I'm still dream-thinking about the wonders we saw in December there. this ghost head must have come from the north pole, as there are no topographies in place to… Continue reading ghost head from the north pole
Let me say right off that I'm not a devotee of ice. At the very least it fills me with anxiety, and at its worst, it consumes me with panic.
they're everywhere, icicles, and this formation is the most complex one I've seen yet. in a rare anti-gravity feat, icicles attempt imitation of coral or of cumulus. caught rising from a heat vent at the Nova Hotel, Inuvik, last weekend.
The blizzard I mentioned in my last post wrapped itself enthusiastically around the spider-shaped hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territory, from Dec 31 to Jan 3. The storm seemed to come straight from the north pole, fierce and uninterested in anything but racing across miles of flat ocean and land.* We were warm and safe, so… Continue reading mackenzie delta ice road: drifted
We're stuck in Tuk! And ice-sculpting is the current prescription for preventing cabin fever. We arrived safely in Tuktoyaktuk around 4:00 on Wednesday after 5 slow, bumpy hours on the Ice Highway (pix to come later). It took about an hour of waiting around at the North Mart until we got through to the cell… Continue reading ice lenses meet tuktoyaktuk light + snow
Tomorrow, I head to Tuktoyaktuk on the Mackenzie Ice Road. But I've been in Inuvik by accident since yesterday. How? The flight from Whitehorse to Dawson couldn't land due to fog, and I had the choice of flying back to Whitehorse, or staying in Inuvik overnight. Strangely enough, my boyfriend and another friend and I were… Continue reading inuvik by accident + ice lens dreaming
Guest post by Charles Stankievech, a Dawson City/Montreal multimedia artist who has been teaching 4D art at the KIAC School of Visual Arts (SOVA) in Dawson City since it opened three years ago. The Ice Cubicle interviewed Charles in early November about his exhibition The DEW Project; now he contributes this post about ice's role… Continue reading a short history of conceptual ice art
A piece of news about an iceberg, in an article that isn't about climate change for once. I like knowing that this massive, dense thing has been floating around for a decade - for 9 years as part of a bigger berg, and now for about a year on its independent own. I like knowing… Continue reading 10-yr-old iceberg floats near Oz
The properties of garbage pail plastic: not so stretchy. The properties of water turning to ice: a phase change that releases lots of energy, and needs to expand. I know that. A friend recently promised to teach me how to use a chainsaw on a block of ice. Though the promise was made "under the… Continue reading ice 1, plastic 0
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