Of Mass and Time

This ephemeral, time-based sculpture examines glacial recession through material transformation. Photographs of the Athabasca Glacier and Mount Andromeda, within the Columbia Icefield, are encased in ice and gradually exposed to the processes of melting and degradation.

Throughout the work's duration, the artist intervenes to slow the thaw and preserve the sculpture's structural integrity, echoing human efforts to mitigate the accelerating loss of the world's glaciers.

As the ice recedes, meltwater accumulates and the photographic images deteriorate, progressively dissolving into abstraction. The landscapes shift from representation to material trace, as the sculpture enacts the very processes of disappearance it documents.