Geologic Intimacy
Ilana Halperin
Geologic Intimacy
Ilana Halperin
Reference
SAS0056_001
Year
2014
Dimensions (cm)
Height: 45.7
Length: 26.6
Length: 26.6
Materials
Laser cut Japanese plywood encrusted in a new silica mineral deposit over 6 months in the run off pool from a geothermal power plant at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland.
Current Location
Artist studio, Glasgow
Suitable Locations for the Work
- Indoors
- Wall-mounted
About the Artwork
Geologic Intimacy is part of the ongoing project Physical Geology. Within this project the artist has been amassing a new sculptural geology collection, using naturally occurring geological processes to form each object.
Background, history, commissioner of the work
This 2014 sculpture was made during the development of a permanent commission for the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, in the birthplace of Charles Darwin. Sister sculptures form an integral part of The Hall of Rocks and Minerals, the outcome of my commission as Artist-Curator of Geology for the museum. To make this work, a series of drawings were used to make laser-cut wooden forms at DCA Print Studio. These forms were submerged in the Blue Lagoon, an active geothermal pool in Iceland, where they were left to encrust in new silica mineral deposits over the course of 6 months.
Thematic/contextual information
Geologic Intimacy is part of the ongoing project Physical Geology, where I have been amassing a new sculptural geology collection, making work which employs naturally occurring geological processes to form each object. New limestone sculptures formed in a petrifying cave in France sit alongside objects submerged in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, and in hot springs in Japan, encrusted in fresh mineral deposits. This constellation of culturally occurring landmass continyes to grow with each new geologically active field site.
