About the Work:

(Project lead by Derek Kiesling)

A cast ice sculpture is preserved in a custom display freezer. The form of the ice sculpture is digitally generated through artist defined algorithms and subjected to simulated erosion. Its goal is to appear simultaneously natural and uncanny. At the end of its display period, the ice sculpture will be placed outdoors and allowed to melt with little trace of its original form. Human defined forms of naturalism and a desire for control are on full display in this futile gesture.

About the Artists:

Derek Kielsing

Derek is an arts technician and instructor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He enjoys taking a multidisciplinary approach to his work by combining science and mathematics, skilled trades techniques and craftsmanship, and a love of art and music into art projects. 

Website: https://www.derekkiesling.com/

Kara Edelstein

Kara is a budding author and former jeweler. She is drawn to pattern generation, color, and repetition in her work. She enjoys more traditional forms of art stemming from various cultures around the world. Previously she created a body of work centered around a Ukrainian egg dying technique known as Pysanki. Most recently she has been creating textile works incorporating spinning, weaving, and fabric dying.