Othergrounds - Meltwater

Meltwater was a streamlined version of our exhibition Due North and was held at frappant Galerie in Hamburg in February 2023. This was Othergrounds' first show in a city other than Berlin.

In recent years, the news about the effects of anthropogenic climate disruption has been arriving at an increasingly rapid pace. Global temperatures are already almost 1°C above pre-industrial levels and scientists are predicting a potential worst-case scenario of a 3.5°C rise by 2035. The effects are everywhere and it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore them.

In the Arctic, particularly in Greenland, glaciers are melting faster than at any time in the last 12,000 years. In 2021, for the first time in recorded history, rain fell in the centre of the Greenland ice cap, a high-altitude area with temperatures normally below freezing.

Scientific warnings of tipping points are also being reported from the other side of the world. Numerous glaciers in Antarctica are reaching critical conditions. As early as March 2022, the Conger Ice Shelf in East Antarctica, covering around 1200 km², which is roughly the size of Rome, completely collapsed and fragmented into a multitude of icebergs.

This exhibition invites the viewer to reflect on the backstory and thematic expression of the works presented while offering a realistic view of the effects of our current climate emergency.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Kristian Askelund
Pako Quijada
Clémentine Rettig

General view

Kristian Askelund

Pako Quijada

General view

Clémentine Rettig