Ice Core Verticality. The Eloquence of Ice and the Visual Construction of Deep Time
Journal
Elephand & Castle
ISSN
1826-6118
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Abstract
Ice cores are fundamental techno-scientific components of the visual culture of the Anthropocene. Through the eloquence of ice, the Anthropocene sets the tone for its own narration, one made of impending apocalypse, planetary boundaries, and irreversible tipping points, while, at the same time, attesting for the "lively materiality" of ice, and of its past and present states. This essay analyzes and determines the narrative agency and the semiotic complexity of ice cores within the contested terrain of the Anthropocene thesis and presents two recent art-science collaborative projects exploring the aesthetic dimension of ice cores: Susan Schuppli's Ice Cores (2019) and Giulia Bruni and Armin Linke's Earth Indices (2022).
Language
English
Keywords
contemporary art
ice cores
anthropocene
material witnesses
non human subjects
more than human timescales
geological time
Refereed
Yes
Volume
28
Number
2
Start page
57
End page
69
Subject(s)
Division(s)
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