01 Ugly Lies The Bone Set Design by Es Devlin (Performance)
02 WeltenLinie by Alicja Kwade
03 Icewatch by Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson’s work consists of blocks of ice that broke off from an ice sheet in Greenland. By transporting it to exhibitions in developed cities, he aims to raise awareness of the seriousness of climate change by bringing it to the people and letting them witness the impacts of it for themselves. His work encourages visitors to make use of all their senses when interacting with the ice blocks by touching, smelling or hearing the crackling of the ice. The introduction of a natural foreign object into a man-made environment and placing them in a circular manner also draws associations to time. The rate of its depletion is a reminder of the urgency of the matter and encourages viewers to take action. In some sense, the work can be seen as participatory, since all of us are contributing to global warming through our actions.