ICE CIRCLES

Can we feel the heat? 

Ice Circles, 2012
Acrylic
Unique work
H300 x Dia150cm
© Mark Humphrey

CLIENT
Jumeirah

AWARD
International Design And Architectural Award

LOCATION
Park Lane, Mayfair, London, UK

“ICE CIRCLES TRANSFORMS THE FAMILIAR CHRISTMAS TREE INTO A SCULPTURAL EXPLORATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE. MACHINED FROM SOLID ACRYLIC AND CONSTRUCTED FROM CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR FORMS, THE CONE-SHAPED SCULPTURE CAN APPEAR LIKE A TREE MADE FROM AN ‘ICICLE’ – UNTIL LIGHT CHANGES ITS MEANING.

WITHOUT ILLUMINATION, THE TRANSPARENT STRUCTURE EVOKES SNOW AND ICE. GREEN LIGHT TRANSFORMS IT INTO THE FAMILIAR FORM OF A CONIFEROUS CHRISTMAS TREE. WHEN ILLUMINATED IN FIERY YELLOW, HOWEVER, THE TREE APPEARS TO BURN, EVOKING RISING TEMPERATURES AND THE MELTING OF THE WORLD’S ICE CAPS.

THE WORK PLACES THE SYMBOLISM OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE ALONGSIDE THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR CHANGING CLIMATE. A SEASON ASSOCIATED WITH GIVING AND RECEIVING BECOMES A MOMENT TO CONSIDER OUR CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF THE THINGS WE BUY, USE AND DISCARD.”

Mark Humphrey

“HAILED AS ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS.”

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