Walk like a glacier: .

"Walk Like a Glacier documents a site-specific performance carried out in Alaska in April 2016 in which Sbastida carried and displaced a piece of glacial ice from the top of a terminus to its glacial lakebed. The project is concerned with the action of walking as an aesthetic practice, geologic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sbastida, Miguel
Other Authors: Antón, Carlota
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: Miguel Sbastida 2017
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Online Access:https://digitalcollections.saic.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3Ajfabc_9321
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Summary:"Walk Like a Glacier documents a site-specific performance carried out in Alaska in April 2016 in which Sbastida carried and displaced a piece of glacial ice from the top of a terminus to its glacial lakebed. The project is concerned with the action of walking as an aesthetic practice, geological time, and climate breakdown."--Statement from the artist. The artist reflects on his process in relation to the work of artists such as Francis Alÿs, Hamish Fulton, Richard Long, and others. Through images and text the work explores the relationship between human body and the landscape. Photography and layout by Carlota Antón.