The question of what does a melting glacier sound like is explored in an art installation created by British artist Katie Paterson. Three liters (0.8 US gallon) of Icelandic glacier water were frozen and pressed into the shape of records and played until the records melted away in a project called Langjökull, Snæfellsjökull, Solheimajökull.
“The records were played once and now exist as three DVDs,” explains the artist of her project. “The turntables begin playing together, and for the first ten minutes as the needles trace their way around, the sounds from each glacier merge in and out with the sounds the ice itself creates. The needle catches on the last loop, and the records play for nearly two hours, until completely melted.”
The award-winning young artist has also created installations featuring music bounced off the moon, a telephone that allows you to speak to a glacier while listening to it melt and lightbulbs that simulated moonlight.
Visit: http://www.katiepaterson.org/
Via MakeZine
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