The Past Sealed Away: Athabasca
This is a small selection of photos from my research trip to Althabasca Glacier in May 2017...
For this series, The Past Sealed Away, I wanted to immerse myself in the properties of ice. One of my preoccupations is the rate of change in the environment: that profound environmental changes occur over time is not in question, but the increasingly accelerated rates point to an environment whose balance has shifted towards an inevitably catastrophic decline if not unchecked. The loss of ice, and the resultant impact upon environments are not trivial, and are of global concern. Central to my interrogation of these issues and the material nature of ice itself is one crucial question: How can my work provoke understanding and meaningful discussion around this loss?
For this series, The Past Sealed Away, I wanted to immerse myself in the properties of ice. One of my preoccupations is the rate of change in the environment: that profound environmental changes occur over time is not in question, but the increasingly accelerated rates point to an environment whose balance has shifted towards an inevitably catastrophic decline if not unchecked. The loss of ice, and the resultant impact upon environments are not trivial, and are of global concern. Central to my interrogation of these issues and the material nature of ice itself is one crucial question: How can my work provoke understanding and meaningful discussion around this loss?
