As we begin what may prove to be a momentous year for the world, this interview is a stark reminder of the dramatic impact that the warming of the Arctic Ocean is having on the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. ‘Melt: Portrait of an Iceberg’ lends this wider story particular poignancy in the way that the artist identifies with the dwindling bergs, their journey through life and their slow dissolution as they travel out to sea.
Simon Harsent talks about the global catastrophe of climate change and the personal journey that led him to make this work in his interview at Talking Pictures
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