A cry for help: Artist creates a melting record from glacier ice

Berlin – An artist has created three records from melting glacier ice to highlight global warming.

‘Langjökull, Snæfellsjökull, Solheimajökull’, a work by Berlin and London-based sound installation artist Katie Paterson, draws attention to the disappearing world.

Paterson re-froze glacier meltwater from the three glaciers in Iceland with her recorded music imprinted on its surface. She then played each record on a gramophone as it slowly melted. It took two hours for the ice to thaw and the process added to the composition, creating a unique, fluid sound that eventually liquefied forever.

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