River Ice Break-Up, Alaska

by Nikki Lindt

River Ice Break-Up, Alaska
River Ice Break-Up, Alaska

60”x48”, Watercolor with natural pigments and minimal archival acrylic on paper and an mp3 sound file

The sounds are recorded inside the ice and waters of the Nenana River during the spring river ice break-up in the arctic. https://nlindt.com/subterranean-voice/

2018 – present, collaboration with scientists and social scientists at the Toolik Field Station, Alaska, University of Alaska, Abisko Research Station in Sweden. and the Urban Field Station in NYC.

The Subterranean Voice series depicts the sounds of a changing planet due to climate change. Each piece contains a subterranean sound file (recorded by the artist onsite) coupled with a painting. The paintings were made while listening to the underground and subsurface sounds associated with them. The patterns and textures of the subterranean sounds were particularly influential in determining the movement, the color choices and the structure of the paintings.

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