ICE CIRCLE is a Nordic Snow & Ice knowledge network of cross-disciplinary professionals working within Art and Design. We are individuals and we are a collective. We are artists and designers, landscape poets & powerful doers and makers. We are people who work with Ice and Snow.
About
ART
We create sculptures and conceptual art in snow and ice for private and public events and venues, e.g.
- Conceptual art
- Commissions
- Indoor ice sculptures
- Public sculpture
- Land & Environmental art
- Performance & live events
- Land & Environmental art
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Tundra- melting ice precious earth project by Laila Kolostyák at L’Art dans toutes ses états, 2007, Limay, France
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Birth Baikal (Рождение Байкала) Baikal, Russia by Ivan Loktiukhin, Kirovsk, Russia
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Daughters of Päiviö, Levi Fell, Kittilä, Finland 1996 Snow-installation, Land art, Finland Timo Jokela, Rovaniemi Finland
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Sinus Repromisiosis - The Promised Shore Varangerfjord, Arctic Ocean, Northern Norway, 1998, Snow istallation Timo Jokela, Rovaniemi Finland
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Tongue Twister, 2014 by Elisabet Kristensen. Snow sculpture, 350x180x180cm, Chicago, USA
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Ecosphere 2009 by Laila Kolostyák. Snow sculpture, Hovden, Norway
DESIGN
We work with all types of design and run co-creative and cross-disciplinary processes, e.g.
- Stage and set design
- Urban planning
- Exhibition design
- Public installations
- Service design
- Architecture & Interior design
- Landscape design & urban planning
- Design management
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The Dollhouse. Suite by Nina Hedman at the Icehotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, 2009.
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Ice led lighting design by Lukas Arons, Hovden 2011.
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Coffee Mudra, Suite at Icehotel, by Nina Hedman, Jukkasjärvi, 2012.
Photo: Magnus Hedman and Big Ben
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Snow hotel in Kirkenes, Norway, designed by Dmitrii Novitskii, 2006
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Detail from Snegoled Snow Village in Kirovsk, Russia, founded by Vladimir Kamygin
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Snow hotel in Kakslautanen, Finland, design by Dmitrii Novitskii, 2008.
PROJECTS
We are able to conceive and
run large scale projects from the beginning of ideation through to execution, e.g.
- Tailor-made projects
- Destination branding
- Venue & Event concepts
- Festivals & events
- Exhibitions & Installations
- Stage and set design
- Service design
- Project management
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The Stallo and the Silver Moon, stage design by Laila Kolostyák at the Borealis Winter Festival, Alta, Norway
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Snegoled Snow Village Kirovsk, Russia, founder Vladimir Kamygi
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Arctic Snow Room, Rovaniemi, Finland 2012 by Lapland Snow Design Project, University of Lapland
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Flower Power, 2008 by Laila Kolostyák Hovden, Norway. Curator: Ole Morten Rokvam
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Munch in Ice, Nordic World Ski Championships, 2011, curated by Ole Morten Rokvam
EDUCATION
We are passionate about community engagement and getting younger audiences to be creative with snow and ice, e.g.
- School programs & teaching
- Mentorship programs & visiting lecturers
- Keynote speakers & Seminars
- Publications
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Angels in the Snow, A student project by Laila Kolostyák, at the opening of the Northern Light Cathedral 2013, Alta, Norway
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Flower Power, Laila Kolostyák, Hovden 2007
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DKS The cultural rucksack, Kvænangen, Norway 2013. Children’s Project by Laila Kolostyák
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Mari Bottolfsen and Laila Kolostyák with students from Alta
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300 pupils, 300 ice blocks - a project by Laila Kolostyák, Alta
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Vinterrom, DKS The cultural rucksack, Øksfjord, Norway 2007, by Laila Kolostyák and Anne Kristin Vangen
INNOVATION
We are excited to work with other disciplines to drive research and innovation and develop new applications for snow and ice as a material, e.g.
- Research
- Co-creative processes
- Socio-cultural wellbeing
- Technical & material insights
- Cross-disciplinary teams & collaboration
- Sustainable development
- Technology & service design
- Digital development
- Strategies facing climate change
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The Lapland Snow Design Application enables designing and building snow and ice environments on the Internet
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Lapland Snow Design- Snow Expertise from Lapland as an Export Product, 2011–2013
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Hovden 2011, experimenting harvesting ice
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Lukas Arons, Hovden 2007, construction in snow