Blue Tundra
Design Elisabeth Kristensen | ICEHOTEL 32 | Available December 2021 - April 2022
Blue Tundra
Asaf Kliger
Asaf Kliger
Asaf Kliger
Asaf Kliger
About the art suite
Above the Arctic circle, where the snow cover the earth half of the year, the indigenous Sami people have been following the ever migrating reindeer herds from the frosty blue tundra to the soft green edges of the coastline for decades. Before this long journey the animals are collected and driven into a provisional fenced area to be marked with the sign of its owner.
The animals move in a spiral motion towards the center of the area, where they are able to be separated. To be inside a moving spiral of animals, listening to the sound of thousands of hooves while the earth shakes is a very touching experience. Like the animals, everything moves in circles. The herds, the season, even life itself.
So place yourself within the circle, in the midst of nature, and just be.
Asaf Kliger
About the artist
Elisabeth Kristensen is a Norwegian-Sami artist who works with materials such as ice, snow and sand. 200 days of the year she spends travelling the world, creating monumental, ephemeral works of art. The works are executed in different spaces, from the busiest cities to the most remote places on the Arctic tundra.
In the center of her work lies the idea that everything is ephemeral, and part of a whole, because everything is subjected to the flow and transformation of life itself. The fact that something is permanent should not define its value, because temporarily is also eternal. The most wonderful and the most painful moments in life are ephemeral and therefor eternity lies in every moment.
