Oh My Goddess
Design Ulrika Tallving & Giovanna Martinez | ICEHOTEL 34 | Available December 2023 - April 2024
Oh My Goddess
Asaf Kliger
Asaf Kliger
About the art suite
Oh My Goddess is an homage to the goddess of cacao. The concept is based on the loce of chocolate, the cacao ceremony ritual and our connection to the earth and the universe.
"Oh My Goddess wants to encourage visitors to create new traditions and rituals. Here we want to allow them to take a moment to sink down into the earth, follow the roots all the way down to the water and drink from the source of life."
The dark side of the concept is of course how cacao farmers have been colonised, used and abused during history. Today we can all be concious when buying cacao products, and in that way support a world in which humans treat each other and the earth with respect and love.
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Asaf Kliger
About the artists
Ulrika Tallving is a Swedish artists living in the Netherlands. She is a sculptor and has mainly worked in ceramics. In the autumn of 2023, she formed a community workshop in The Hague, where she lives, with several ceramists from around the world.
Giovanna Martinez is an Italian traveller and student. For several years, she was part of the construction-team at ICEHOTEL and now she is finally participating as an artist. Together with Tallving she has participated in the snow sculpting competition at Kiruna Snow Festival in 2021, where they won the press price.
