Antarctica « Anne Brodie

Antarctica

In 2006/07 Anne was awarded an Antarctic international fellowship sponsored by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and Arts Council England, (click on Arts Council link to view details of project) and spent nearly 3 months living and working in the Antarctic at the BAS base Rothera and refuelling depot Sky Blue.

Red Slide

‘Air Slide’ 2 weeks direct light exposure on closed film

Anne was involved in the day to day workings of the bases which included refuelling twin otters, digging out frozen fuel barrels, recycling paper and plastic, and keeping a natural blue ice runway clear of snow. www.a-n.co.uk to view Anne’s diary of her time in Antarctica. Anne’s project proposal revolved around the dynamic and transient nature of the Antarctic environment and included film, sound recordings, temporary installations and the building of a glass furnace. Over the time she was there, she became aware of the extraordinary human / environmental interface which came to inform all of the work, and continues to be a source of creative investigation with scientists at BAS and the University of Surrey.

Wastegloo

‘Wastegloo’ structure, made from igloo offcuts.

‘Antarctica – a choice?’ glass and blood. One of a series bottles given to the the scientists and support staff at Rothera research station, and returned filled with whatever they felt best represented their lives in Antarctica.

Digging ice block. With loads of help from everyone at BAS I was able to bring back an alternative ice core sample, a 90kg block of glacial ice

Digging alternative ice core from the surface of a glacier. Thanks to the help of BAS, the 90kg block of ice was brought back as an alternative form of data. The ice is currently lodging in a BAS freezer in Cambridge and posing many questions as to its potential usefullness, as a non scientific ice core sample. ice block