April 3, 2009 - April 24, 2009
“MELT: PORTRAIT OF AN ICEBERG”, PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AWARD-WINNING NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHER, SIMON HARSENT, IS AN EXHIBITION WHICH DOCUMENTS THE FINAL JOURNEY OF MASSIVE ICEBERGS FROM GREENLAND’S DISCO BAY, IN THE ILULISSAT ICE FJORD, TO THE WATERS OFF THE EAST COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND. BY THE TIME THEY HAVE TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF MILES, THEY HAVE BEEN SO BATTERED AND BROKEN THAT THEY ARE LITTLE MORE THAN GHOSTS OF WHAT THEY ONCE WERE. AT FIRST SIGHT, THEY ARE OVERPOWERING IN GRANDEUR, BUT AS THEY MELT, THEY DISSOLVE BACK INTO THE SEA. BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND HUMBLING, IT IS A METAMORPHOSIS WITH A LIFE-SPAN, WITH THEIR OWN STORY AND PERSONALITY. THIS PROJECT WAS A PERSONAL JOURNEY FOR HARSENT. A METAPHOR OF LIFE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS. JUST AS THE DECISIONS WE MAKE DETERMINE OUR JOURNEY, THESE CHOICES NOT ONLY DEFINE WHO WE ARE, BUT WHAT WILL BECOME OF OUR FRAGILE PLANET.
