High Arctic – United Visual Artists

Epic new installation at the National Maritime Museum as part of their new Sammy Ofer Wing. (Kin have a new Compass Lounge there also - more on that later). You're equipped with a ultra-violet torch which reveals text in the space and is used to interact with a series of projection 'pools'. All with the aim to highlight the effects we're having on the environment up there, and in particular the melting of the glaciers. Once you get over the novelty of the torches and twig it's UV light altering the projected 'ice' it becomes quite poignant. A very different and unusual exhibition for any museum, much more like an immersive art piece experience.

April 2011 Photos