MetaFilter posts tagged with sculpture and ice

1000 Melting Men in Berlin.

cristinacristinacristina — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:36:33 -0800

1000 Melting Men in Berlin. (1 2 3 4) from design boom: "earlier this week, brazilian artist nele azevedo, carved 1,000 figures out of ice and placed them on the steps of the concert hall in berlin's gendarmenmarkt square. with temperatures of 73 degrees fahreneheit, (23 degress celsius), the ice figures began melting within half an hour. the project entitled 'melting men' was meant to bring awareness to the world wildlife fund's warning, that melting ice could cause sea-levels to rise more than 3.3 ft by 2100." greenmuze interview last year with Nele Azevedo: "Melting Men is a series of art installations from the Minimum Monument project created by Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo. Since 2005, Azevedo has been setting up her Melting Men in various countries around the world. Although originally intended as a critic of the role of monuments in cities, environmentalists around the world are adopting her work as climate change art." more images on Nele Azevedo's fotopage.

Chinese ice sculpture festival

dhruva — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:16:49 -0800

Harbin Ice and Snow World 2007 "Welcome to... Beijing after an ice storm? No, this is “The Eighth Annual Harbin Ice and Snow World”, China’s premiere winter event." Previously on MeFi.

It's all gotta melt sometime

cubby — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 05:57:15 -0800

The World Ice Art Championships are being held in Fairbanks, Alaska this week. If you can't be there to see this year's sculptures, you can view last year's winners in both the single block and the multi-block divisions. You can also see many stunning entries from previous years.

Alaskan Alpine Club Ice Wall Project

adzm — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 06:01:32 -0800

The Ice Wall Project. In Fairbanks, Alaska, where the average temperature is below freezing until May, there is no shortage of ice. By spraying water from two vertical pipes 24 hours a day, a group of climbers create a masterpiece. Ten more feet of pipe has just been added, bringing the total to 136 feet... and still growing.

Coldly beautiful, like Bea Arthur

jonson — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:40:12 -0800

Beautiful gallery of ice sculptures. Well, not "scupltures" in the traditional sense of blocks of ice carved into horses and such, but rather abstract shapes, with fixed lighting. Really attractive. via BoingBoing