Why go? Doing research and making art in icy environments

Description

An event organised by the Remote Sensing: Ice, Instruments, Imagination research network.

Panel discussion

Abstract

The desire to understand and communicate climate change (among other things) has attracted researchers, artists, and scientists to travel to icy landscapes. In this session, we will take up a central theme of the research network, involving questions about why and how one might ‘go there’. What can only be achieved in the field, whether for art or science? We will consider different practices that engage with these questions, and consider the infrastructure and consequences of field work, with particular attention to the Antarctica Biennale.