Greenlandic artist Inuk Silis Høegh has created a sculpture that's all about climate change in Greenland, Sermitsiaq reports.
Rising 21 metres high from the dock at the North Atlantic House, the Nordatlantens Brygge, in Copenhagen, the life size image of an iceberg is intended to become the symbol of climate change in the Arctic during next month's United Nations Climate Change Conference.
By placing an iceberg in Copenhagen during the meeting, Greenland hopes to draw attention to Greenland's position at the centre of the climate debate.
The artwork is actually collage of photographs of icebergs taken along the country's west coast.
A close look reveals that some of the icebergs, those photographed in southern Greenland, are smooth and rounded, while those photographed in northern Greenland have jagged edges that bear witness to their violent births.
A true iceberg with a tip as large as the one on display in Copenhagen would have a volume of 30,000 cubic m, and from tip to base would measure well over 100 m.
What a berg
Greenlandic artist Inuk Silis Høegh has created a sculpture that will stand in front of Copenhagen's North Atlantic house for the next month.
Published: 17.11.2009 12:18
