Phase 2.1

2019
Silverwood Park
St. Anthony, Minnesota

On February 16, 2019 Futures North and the Silverwood Park in St. Anthony, Minnesota presented Phase 2.1, in collaboration with Climate Generation for their Climate Conversations series. Phase 2.1 is a public artwork that creatively re-presented the effects of climate change with an engaging spatial construction of melting ice. Designed by public art collaborative Futures North, the ephemeral installation consists of ice harvested from Silver Lake at the Silverwood Park. This ice faced a lattice of programmable infra-red lamps that fluctuate according to data derived from climate change research. The heat produced by the lights corresponds to historical and projected data and melt the sculpture according to three different scenarios: a pre-industrial simulation that depicts climatic conditions as if the industrial era never happened; the present day scenario; and the “worst case” scenario that demonstrates the effects of the most extreme climate change forecasts.

An earlier version of Phase 2.1 was presented at Northern Spark 2016 (as Phase Change) and was supported by Northern Lights.mn and the McKnight Foundation.

Project Credits
Client: Three Rivers Park District, Silverwood Park
Futures North: John Kim, Molly Reichert, Daniel Dean, Adam Marcus
Dunwoody College of Technology Welding: Tiara Hill
Photos by Lane Baguss (facebook: @LSAgates; email: Laneb93@gmail.com)