From South Pole to North Pole

Col­laps­ing Land­scape: No One Sur­face the Same as Any Oth­er is a three chan­nel video pre­sen­ta­tion by artist Jia Jen Lin. The major footage and sounds of calv­ing glac­i­ers were record­ed dur­ing Lin’s field research with The Arc­tic Cir­cle expe­di­tion around the Sval­bard arch­i­pel­ago, Nor­way, in 2022. Lin explores the notions of and inter­ac­tions among recon­struc­tions, nat­ur­al dis­as­ters, col­lapsed land­scapes, deformed struc­tures, social vio­lence, the incon­stan­cy of phe­nom­e­na, mem­o­ries of loss and trau­ma, lay­ered frag­ments in our his­to­ries, and Antarc­ti­ca reflect the long­ing for nature. 

Native Antarc­ti­ca, Marisa de las Nieves Del­ga­do, pre­sen­ta­tion will reflect the long­ing for nature. In the snow-white work, the tex­tures and col­or explore themes of the human con­di­tion such as lone­li­ness and not belong­ing. In the blue of the sky and sea, we long for a nature that awaits in silence.

Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil is one of the 2025 Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence.