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10,000 years
21 February 2010
Arina Artctica – Narsaq port
Ice packed and loaded. Glacier ice from these fjords has been frozen for at least 10,000 years.
"The gypsy thinned his lips in what would not quite pass for a smile. He said that where expectations are few disappointments are rare. They had gone into the mountains in the fall two years ago and they had built a sled from the limbs of trees and by this conveyance had brought the wreckage to the rim of the great gorge of the Papigochic River. There with rope and windlass they would lower the thing to the river and there build a raft by which to ferry it carcass and wings and struts all down to the bridge on the Mesa Trees Rios road and from there overland to the border west of Palomas. Snow drove them from the high country before they ever reached the river."
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Guest Writer
Rebecca Geldard
Rebecca is a London-based art writer currently contributing to online and print publications including ArtReview, phillipsartexpert.com, Time Out and MAP. She is a London correspondent for Saatchi Online and her writing has also appeared on the Guardian Blog, in Asia Tatler and Modern Painters. Rebecca is on the advisory board of London artist-run Gallery Coleman and is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics).
Neville Gabie
Neville is developing new work for the Biennial. From the middle of February, he will be traveling to Greenland to 'harvest' a three ton block of ice, which will be shipped to Liverpool and relocated at Tatton Park. His experiment will continue in the grounds as he attempts to keep his ice frozen for five months within a bespoke unit employing solar panels and cool water.