IceCry+

Brigitta Muntendorf
Concept, composition, video

Jonathan Shapiro
Performance, sound research

Lukas Nowok
Sound direction, programming

Duration
30 min

premiere
23.11.2024 Hansemuseum Lübeck

Audio/Video footage
Alfred-Wegener-Institut & NOAA-Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

AI-Simulation:
Braakmann-Folgmann, A., Shepherd, A., Hogg, D., Redmond, E.:
Mapping the extent of giant Antarctic icebergs with Deep Learning, The Cryosphere, 2023

With kind support by Possehl-Stiftung, Kulturbüro der Hansestadt Lübeck, Traser Software

audio-visual installation and live performance

In the audiovisual installation and live performance IceCry+ (2024) ice can be experienced as an acoustic and visual body: The focus is on those sounds that are created when icebergs melt and reach enormous volumes, as well as sounds that are created when CO² is used and in the transition from a dry to a gaseous state. Electronic soundscapes, acoustic percussion instruments and underwater recordings of split icebergs combine in IceCry+ to create an inter-documentary immersive experience between nature and art, human and apparatus.

The setup of IceCry consists of 3-channel video, 8-channel sound and solo percussion.