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Historicity
of Ice

Since the beginning of time, the sea has been the one thing that exists through change. Its traces remain most concretely in ice and glaciers. The carbon distribution chart I came across during the work proves the sea's time locked in the ice. History is not memory; it is a fabric woven artificially, with intent. “Even an existing concept can disappear if it cannot be proved.”

From the artist’s note

Support
Arts Council Korea · Korea Polar Research Institute, Antarctica Project, 2011
Text
There Exist Images — Sunghun Lim
Note
Historicity of Ice — artist’s note
01

Carbon Chart

A blue glacial cave beyond a snow ridge A blue block of ice on gravel A faded pink ice wall with a small figure An ice wall split by a crevasse A glacier rising in fractured layers, seen upright Ice fragments on snow, a distant figure A lone floe on a grey sea Close view of an ice surface Soil traces on melting snow A steel frame and pipe half-buried in snow An old wooden crate on a snowy shore
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Lattice

Steel towers and stairs in a blizzard Water Conversion A long station dormitory across the snow Great Wall An ice crystal model on white Crystal Structure – 524 An ice crystal model on white Crystal Structure – Mh204
03

GateKeeper

A member in a white coat on a snow ridge at night GateKeeper 1988 +1982 A member behind a netted dome beside a flag GateKeeper 1988 +1978 A member in an orange jacket under antennas GateKeeper 1988 +1984 A member before a red shelter under stars GateKeeper 1988 +1982

Art direction — Antarctica Project

Since the beginning of time, the sea has been the one thing that exists through change. Its traces remain most concretely in ice and glaciers. The carbon distribution chart I came across during the work proves the sea's time locked in the ice. History is not memory; it is a fabric woven artificially, with intent. “Even an existing concept can disappear if it cannot be proved.”

From the artist’s note

Support
Arts Council Korea · Korea Polar Research Institute, Antarctica Project, 2011
Text
There Exist Images — Sunghun Lim
Note
Historicity of Ice — artist’s note

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Artist’s note Historicity of Ice — artist’s note Even what exists can disappear if it cannot be proved. Sunghun Lim There Exist Images