Melt, 2009
Melt, 2009 (detail)
The thick white gloss paint applied to the polystyrene gives a super slick and clean finish to the icebergs. The shimmering surface makes the icebergs look wet all the time while the thickness of the paint connects the object seamlessly to the surface it sits on. They are one surface, a movement from the 3D upright structure to the 2D liquid surface on the plinth. Something I really like about this peice is how i didnt even question whether a block of ice would be 100% white (especially at this scale), it would more likley be frosted and clear. This reinforces the fact that this is more an idea of how a situation would be, as if I've asked someone to visualise the scenario through a description and transformed this vision into a physical thing. sort of running a real life thing through the formula of ' the real -> an idea of the real -> this idea made back into the real '. I'm thinking about a child's drawings were the sun is a yellow ball with yellow beams coming out of it.
