Ice bear can’t stand the heat
Ice bear sculptor on Nytorv highlights the effects of climate change
By Peter Sims
Even the cold December temperatures in Copenhagen could not prevent this Polar bear ice sculpture from melting away, to reveal the fossil-like skeleton inside. The sculpture highlights the effects of climate change, bringing one of the worst affected and least seen environments to Copenhagen, for everyone to see, and even touch.
“In touching this sculpture everyone can become sculptors and make a direct connection with the bear and its ice-locked kingdom,” said a WWF spokesman.
As the heat from many fingers directly affects the Icebear, and hastens its watery demise, sculptor Mark Coreth hopes that people will appreciate the effects of human action, experiencing the environment, and the plight, of the polar bear.
To make your contribution to the artwork, you can find the bear near an impressive photographic display at Nytorv, a square along the main shopping street, Strøget. On Friday Mark Coreth will carve a brother bear in London, which he hopes to follow with others around the world.
What a brilliantly written piece it describes the climate dilemma in a friendly and clear and concise way
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The Ice Bear arrives in London today (11 Dec). Check out this link for an interview with the guy behind it, Mark Coreth, on what drove him to embark on the project
http://www.actoncopenhagen.decc.gov.uk/en/ambition/achievements/december/8-dec-melting-ice-bear-sculpture/
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