"Creating a melting Glacier" by Stephan Hochleithner, University of Zurich
Entry in category 4. Video loop; Copyright CC-BY-NC-ND: Stephan Hochleithner
Our approach towards so-called “natural” phenomena has changed from seeing nature and culture as two separate worlds or interconnected systems towards an understanding of multiple realities as co-constituted by human and more-than-human entities alike. The video loop was recorded inside the well-known Rhône Glacier in the Valais. While the footage shows nothing but melting ice, the contextual information that it stems from inside a glacier contributes to the re-production of the glacier as such. It comes into being only by the encounter of water, climate, rocks, etc., and humans observing, describing, and ascribing meaning. And it is only through this encounter that the process of melting gains significance.
The footage was recorded during an excursion of a transdisciplinary research group as part of the Unruly Topologies Project.
"Creating a melting Glacier" by Stephan Hochleithner, University of Zurich
Entry in category 4. Video loop; Copyright CC-BY-NC-ND: Stephan Hochleithner
Our approach towards so-called “natural” phenomena has changed from seeing nature and culture as two separate worlds or interconnected systems towards an understanding of multiple realities as co-constituted by human and more-than-human entities alike. The video loop was recorded inside the well-known Rhône Glacier in the Valais. While the footage shows nothing but melting ice, the contextual information that it stems from inside a glacier contributes to the re-production of the glacier as such. It comes into being only by the encounter of water, climate, rocks, etc., and humans observing, describing, and ascribing meaning. And it is only through this encounter that the process of melting gains significance.
The footage was recorded during an excursion of a transdisciplinary research group as part of the Unruly Topologies Project.