Room Service

ART SUITE ROOM SERVICE

DESIGN TJÅSA GUSFORS & ULRIKA TALLVING | ICEHOTEL 32 | AVAILABLE DECEMBER 2021 - APRIL 2022
animals made out of snow
THIS IS OUR SUITE ROOM SERVICE 

Evolution is constant. Now humankind has appropriated the room meant for everyone. Like an invasive species spreading in all conceivable dimensions, we exploit animals and nature, as if every earthly thing exists solely for the benefit of the human race, as if resources were boundless.

Someone ordered room service. They had plenty already, so they wanted even more. But the service, when delivered, isn't what was expected. A band of monkey’s tug at the tapestries of the existing order. A prehistoric dinosaur rumbles through the wall. They crash the party in the luxurious parlor where man has revealed as if there's no tomorrow. They disrupt the bloated state of humankind's abundance.

Room Service dethrones humankind from its self assumed superior role. We are made of the same stuff that once were the stuff of dinosaurs, and the waters of oceans, rivers and lakes are forever in motion, forever the same.

 

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ARTISTS

TJÅSA GUSFORS has been working as an artist at Icehotel since year 2000. She is a multi-talented artist; she sings and creates sculptures from a variety of materials including wood, stone, and sand. It’s her voice you hear singing in the suite.

ULRIKA TALLVING is a sculptor, artist and stylist. Her work is often derived from animal shapes, and often tries to create an experience of familiarity within the viewer, while also encompassing something new and innovative.

two people standning in front of the iconic doors of Icehotel
Photo Asaf Kliger
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Video by Swedish Lapland. 

Artists Tjåsa Gusfors & Ulrika Tallving

The making of the art suite Room service

 

Follow the creative process behind the Art Suite Room service.
Film made by Swedish Lapland

 

 


ART & DELUXE SUITES 2021

ICEHOTEL 32 & ICEHOTEL 365