The Glacier's Essence: Greenland - Glarus. Climate, Science, Art

The Glacier's Essence: Greenland - Glarus. Climate, Science, Art
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Country
Switzerland
Published
17 February 2020
Pages
272
ISBN
9783858816658

The Glacier’s Essence: Greenland - Glarus. Climate, Science, Art

Glaciers in the Alps and on Greenland have been melting away slowly for decades. Global warming has increased the speed of their retreat drastically in recent years. Swiss geophysicist Alfred de Quervain (1879-1927) carried out the first survey of the Clariden glacier in the Swiss canton of Glarus and initiated and led important scientific expeditions on Greenland in 1909 and 1912. Swiss artist Martin Stutzle and photographer Fridolin Walcher also link Glarus with Greenland. Both have made the Swiss glaciers the subject of their work and, in May 2018, joined a Swiss research campaign investigating the current state of the glaciers on the world’s largest island. The photographs and prints they produce reflect an intense awareness of scientific facts, yet they strike the viewer emotionally and aesthetically. This book blends the essence of glaciological and geophysical research with contemporary art and picks up on Alfred de Quervain’s legacy. Prints and photographs are featured alongside three easy-to-read essays offering a concise survey of the findings of the 2018 expedition. A fourth essay comments on Stutzle’s and Walcher’s works and explores current trends in climate art. Text English, German and Kalaallisut (Greenlandic). 137 colour illustrations

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