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Echoes in the Ice
is a unique exhibition of contemporary
collages of Antarctic explorers. They dynamically illustrate
the heroism, endurance and individuality of explorers
from many countries in humanity’s quest to discover
the secrets of the Earth’s Southern Polar region.
For the first time visual artist
and documentary film director Rik
van Glintenkamp has used the art of the collage
to trace historic events. The exploration of Antarctica,
its ecology and history, are melded with portraits,
profiles, and personal effects of the heroic and sometimes
bizarre minded explorers. These divergent elements are
presented in visually dynamic ways. The technique is
similar to the contemporary concept of interrelated
web sites, and to film, which happens to be the mainspring
of this collection.
The portraits are combined with reproductions
of historic diaries, letters, maps, charts, drawings
and photographs to create a multi-faceted impression
of each explorer. They take the viewer on an exciting
visual journey through two hundred and fifty years of
Antarctic history, from Captain Cook to Admiral Byrd.
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