Bringing together seven works by Nordic-Baltic artists, this thematic exhibition explores the complex and often contradictory relationship between human curiosity, artistic exploration, and the rapid retreat of glaciers. Through video works, sound installations, and performance, “…CIER” examines how our drive to explore, understand, and depict the world can also accelerate the destruction of the very landscapes we seek to immortalize.

Yet, the thaw not only marks loss but also uncovers new worlds, microbial life, long-buried histories, and evolving ecosystems that challenge our understanding of resilience and transformation. Rather than presenting works about glaciers, the exhibition engages with them, approaching ice, water, and melt as both material and metaphor in an embodied and critical manner. It traces the various ways in which artistic practice can deepen our relationship with the non-human world, while also acknowledging the grief and difficult emotions that come with ecological loss.

Emerging from the two-month residency, “…CIER” is a moment of convergence rather than conclusion. The works presented remain in process, offering an ongoing dialogue that will extend beyond this space into future projects and explorations.

Exhibition opening 22 March 4–6pm

Opening Hours:

23 March 6–8pm

24 March closed

25 March 6–8pm

26 March 6–8pm

27 March 8pm–late

Artists:

Urtė Groblytė

Linda Boļšakova

Aistė Ambrazevičiūtė

Heidi Holmström

Marit Mihklepp

Calvin Guillot

Taavi Suisalu

Curator:

Sunna Dagsdóttir

Residency Director:

Martynas Petreikis

Location: SÍM Hlöðuloftið exhibition space, Thorsvegur 1, 112 Reykjavík (entrance up the ramp).

Residency funded by: Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture