The Lucerne Glacier Garden shows art on the current ice melt
Published: Wednesday, May 15th 2024, 18:10
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The site of the Lucerne Glacier Garden was formed by a major ice melt 18,000 years ago. Now the museum is showing two art installations on the current glacier melt until September 8.
"Schau, wie der Gletscher schwindet" is a joint project by various Swiss museums in 2024, which aims to use artistic means to make the disappearance of glaciers tangible.
The Glacier Garden Lucerne is also involved in the art project, with two installations by Diana Lelonek. "Melting Gallery" is a sound installation that the Polish artist created with musician Demin Szram, while "Solarstalgia" is an art installation that she created on her own.
"Solarstalgia" welcomes visitors to the glacial pots that were created 18,000 years ago at the end of the Ice Age. The installation consists of a large piece of fabric that Lelonek designed photographically and placed in the area. The fabric is a tarpaulin used to cover Alpine glaciers in the hope that the disappearance of the eternal ice could be halted.
Old photo technology
Using blueprinting, an old photographic technique, Lelonek placed an alpine landscape on the fabric. She alienated the image with light strokes. These are sun trails that the artist photographed with a pinhole camera over the course of one and a half months.
Lelonek drew on photographic processes that were developed at the beginning of the industrial age, said Bernard Fibicher, curator of the exhibition. That was also the beginning of CO2 emissions, which are now contributing to glacier shrinkage.
"Melting Gallerie" can be heard in the sandstone pavilion of the Glacier Garden. The sound installation consists of melting sounds from the Rhone, Aletsch and Moratsch glaciers. Lelonek recorded them and Szram wove them into a composition lasting around 15 minutes.
The sound installation emanates from a large number of loudspeakers and envelops the audience. The dripping and roaring makes the melting of the glacier audible and directly tangible. Szram explained that the meditative sounds conceal a tragic message.
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