The glacier's essence : Grönland-Glarus : Kunst, Klima, Wissenschaft = Greenland-Glarus : climate, science, art = Kalaallit Nunaat-Glarus : silap pissusaa, ilisimatuussuseq, eqqumiitsuliorneq / Martin Stützle, Fridolin Walcher ; mit Texten von Nadine Olonetzky, Gabriela Schaepmann-Strub, Konrad Steffen, Thomas Stocker und Benedikt Wechsler.

Main entry:

Stützle, Martin, photographer.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Zürich : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2020]

Description:

270 pages : chiefly illustrations (mostly color) ; 31 cm + 1 errata leaf

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Parallel texts in English, German and Greenlandic.

Summary:

Glaciers in the Alps and on Greenland have been melting away slowly for decades. Global warming has increased the speed of their retreat drastically in recent years. Swiss geophysicist Alfred de Quervain (1879-1927) carried-out the first survey of the Clariden glacier in the Swiss canton of Glarus and initiated and lead important scientific expeditions on Greenland in 1909 and 1912. Swiss artist Martin Stützle and photographer Fridolin Walcher also link Glarus with Greenland. Both have made the Swiss glaciers the subject of their work and, in May 2018, joined a Swiss research campaign investigating the current state of the glaciers on the world's largest island. The photographs and prints they produce reflect an intense awareness of scientific facts, yet they strike the viewer emotionally and aesthetically. This book blends the essence of glaciological and geophysical research with contemporary art and picks up on Alfred de Quervain's legacy. Prints and photographs are featured alongside three easy-to-read essays offering a concise survey of the findings of the 2018 expedition. A fourth essay comments on Stützle's and Walcher's works and explores current trends in climate art.

ISBN:

9783858816658 paperback
3858816655

Subject:

Photography, Artistic.
Glaciers Switzerland Glarus (Canton) Pictorial works.
Glaciers Greenland Pictorial works.
Ice Greenland Pictorial works.
Ice in art.
Glaciers in art.
Landscape photography.
Glace Groenland Ouvrages illustrés.
Glace dans l'art.
Glaciers dans l'art.
Photographie de paysages.
Photographie artistique.
Glaciers Groenland Ouvrages illustrés.
Glaciers Suisse Glaris (Canton) Ouvrages illustrés.
art photography.
Ice
Greenland

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Walcher, Fridolin, 1951- photographer.
Olonetzky, Nadine, writer of supplementary textual materials.

Greenland-Glarus : climate, science, art
Kalaallit Nunaat-Glarus : silap pissusaa, ilisimatuussuseq, eqqumiitsuliorneq

Holdings:

Location: Library main 323377
Call No.: 323377
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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