nele azevedo’s ‘melting men’ on the steps of the concert hall in berlin’s gendarmenmarkt squareimage © reuters
earlier this week, brazilian artist nele azevedo, carved 1,000 figures out of ice and placed them on the steps of the concert hall in berlin’s gendarmenmarkt square. with temperatures of 73 degrees fahreneheit, (23 degress celsius), the ice figures began melting within half an hour. the project entitled ‘melting men’ was meant to bring awareness to the world wildlife fund’s warning, that melting ice could cause sea-levels to rise more than 3.3 ft by 2100.
the men began melting within half an hourimage © reuters
‘melting men’image courtesy of nele azevedo
a lone melting manimage courtesy of nele azevedo
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more commentsCan you do this again please? Make it universal and all over the world? on the steps of factories, schools, churches, etc. ?
That just shows why Zeus didn’t make people out of ice.
at least people who are “aware” are trying in their own creative way to make those who are not, “aware” as well. even you who is protesting this much is affected or you would not say so much.
i personally think this was a wonderful wake up call, thank you to the artist and those who backed the idea.
……..ok, consciENCE. time to repress you…yeah, it’s art and I think many of us enjoy looking at art.
love this work. stunning and haunting.
Oh come on…….
The only people who pay attention to these things are people who already are ‘aware’ that there are melting ice caps. What? this merely gives them a feeling of pride through association? Oh I hear you now…
Yea…melting ice figures…metaphor for us and our destruction of the Earth…yea…changing the world…yea…awareness… What? He didn’t use ALL natural water for this? It was tap water? Shame on him! I hope he drives a hybrid!
Puerile… This is about as bloated as the hippies putting flowers into rifles at point blank…actually no wait, this is far more nebulous.
As I think about it, this is pure art because it’s only putting out what is placed into it – NOTHING.