Amusing Monday: Artistry and symbolism in ice
December 14th, 2009 by cdunaganGiven the freezing cold temperatures of the past few days, I thought it would be amusing to take a look at some ice and snow sculptures.
Reuters photo
The first snow sculpture is Santa Claus, 525 feet long and 79
feet high. The sculpture was made last year during the annual ice
festival in Harbin, China. Learn more about the difficulty of
creating this sculpture and see more photos from the festival on
the Reuters
Web site.
I was amused by the second photo, which I’ll bet comes with an
interesting story. Although the picture can be found on various Web
sites, the only explanation I was able to track down was the
following from Cybersalt
Image Collections: “Church elders were not amused when the
winning entry from Friday night’s youth group ice sculpture contest
was left in the parking lot for Sunday morning’s World Relief
Missions Fundraiser.”
Over on YouTube, LeannBrown6607 created a video of still photos
showing some amazing ice sculptures accompanied by some nice music.
Click
here for Snow and Ice Sculptures.
Another YouTube video by Reuters was produced in Berlin, where 1,000 small sculptures of men and women were placed on the steps of a concert hall and allowed to melt away. The project was designed to call public attention to climate change. Read more about it and view some dramatic black-and-white photos at the Daily Mail, based in the UK.
Finally, in the video below, you must watch what is nothing less than a disaster, given how much time and effort goes into creating these giant ice statues.
Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group
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