A deeply moving return from the
@unesco_fr World Day for Glaciers at the Mer de Glace, in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
This day will remain forever etched in my memory and in my heart, a powerful blend of science, art, and spirituality.
The morning unfolded through inspiring moments of transmission and reflection. Glaciologist Luc Moreau shared his long-standing relationship with the Mer de Glace, its history, and its evolution over the years.
@marceglaciar @tefiangel @lightofshari @annielaurefernandez @emilianamolinafajardo offered a beautiful and intimate commemoration centered around water gathered from glaciers across the world, a moment of stillness and contemplation.
I had the honor of performing an ambient sonification piece inside the very ice cave of the glacier. Transforming over a century of scientific data on the glacier’s mass evolution into sound, I let the Mer de Glace speak through music. It was profoundly emotional to hear these notes, born from the glacier itself, resonate and expand within the ice, naturally amplified by the element it represents.
As an extension of this performance, I captured the glacier’s vibrations using a geophone, striking the ice with my hand and transforming those signals into the sound of a singing bowl. In that moment, the glacier became everything at once: instrument, source, and amplifier.
The journey continued with a glacial caving expedition alongside
@pascaltournaire , immense gratitude to him for guiding me into the most inaccessible and profound depths of the Mer de Glace.
Hearing, with such clarity, the friction of the glacier moving across the bedrock, immersed beneath tens of meters of ice, in total darkness, is something I will carry with me forever.
The recordings will be shared soon. I can’t wait for you to hear them, they are truly unique.
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this event possible:
@cimesblanches ,
@glacier.nation and anyone else I may have forgotten, or who worked behind the scenes 🫶
I look forward to continuing this journey with this singular glacier, one I first encountered 27 years ago, at the age of 8, with my family.
📸 by
@pascaltournaire
#worlddayforglaciers #glacier
