Antarctica Dissolving Perceptions, 2009
Made collaboratively by artists Jasmine Targett and Debbie Symons
Glass L 200 W 200 H150mm (each dome)
Present: Ice Shelf State of Cryosphere
Collective Past: Climatology Trajectory
Forecast: Heat – changes colour from blue – red depending on the angle viewed
Antarctica: Dissolving Perception is a contemporary art installation comprising three hand-blown glass domes that examine key issues surrounding the scientific documentation of ozone depletion over Antarctica during the past two decades.
Through shifts in scale, the domes function analogously to a microscope, magnifying areas of impact across the Antarctic ice sheet. This process of visual enlargement draws attention to otherwise imperceptible environmental changes.
The work reflects on the broader implications of climate science, considering how projections of ice loss and atmospheric change shape our understanding of a fragile and rapidly transforming landscape.
Data sourced from : National Snow and Ice Data Center
Exhibition history for Antarctica Dissolving Perceptions
Making Sense, Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC. September 8 to October 15, 2011.
The Politics of Perception Latrobe Regional Gallery, 21 March – 24 May 2015
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