High elevations clouds consist of ice crystals that melt into rain as they descend into lower atmospheres. Inspired by cloud formations, When Heaven Melts was a suspended collage consisting of sixty blocks of clear ice hovering over a crescent shaped pond that collected water as the ice melted. This wall of ice was illuminated with video imagery of rolling clouds. As the ice melted, its drips activated sound signals that released melodic tones.
- Producer
- Bill Bartolotta
- Engineer
- Daniel Morehouse
- Rigging
- Ty Russell
- Ice
- Jim Nadeau
- Sound Engineer
- Todd Carter
4 channel video installation, 60 blocks of ice, sound activated
Private Commission
2003