Antarctica: Dissolving Perception, 2009.

Made collaboratively by artists Jasmine Morgan Ryan and Debbie Symons

Hand blown glass, mirrored, dichroic, silvered and mirrored glass.

L 200 W 200 H150mm (each dome)

Present: Ice Shelf State of Cryosphere (left)

Collective Past: Climatology Trajectory (middle)

Forecast: Heat (right) – changes colour from blue – red depending on the angle viewed

Antarctica: Dissolving Perception consists of three hand blown glass domes that research the three central issues surrounding scientific documentation of decreased ozone over Antarctica during the last twenty years. Through shifting scale the domes act similarly to a microscope, magnifying the areas of impact on the ice over the landmass. This research discusses the potential implications the forecast for decreasing ice implies.

Data Sourced from : National Snow and Ice Data Center

This artwork debuted in 2011 in Inside the Realm of Invisible Spheres and in the Art + Climate = Change state wide festival in The Politics of Perception at Latrobe Regional Gallery in 2015.