The Ice are the Window to the Soul
Design Tim Lindhart & Giovanna Martinez | ICEHOTEL 365 | Available year-round
The Ice are the Window to the Soul
Rebecca Lundh
Rebecca Lundh
Rebecca Lundh
Rebecca Lundh
Rebecca Lundh
About the Deluxe suite
To create an artistic challenge for ourselves, we have decided to "go within". The suite is filled with sculptures that are carved within the block of ice. Realizing the sculptures turned out to be difficult, because you have to think and act inside and out, and backwards to your intended final result.
Some of the figures are left hollow while others are filled with snow, creating the visual juxtaposition of what is imaginary and real. The sculpture at the entrance - Reflecting Within - is a contemplation of Tims' 90 year old father confronting his own mortality as he approaches his impending death. As humans, we spend or lives denying and avoiding recognition of our mortality, but for some few, the moment of acknowledgement does come. We, just as the ice, are all made of water and will one day melt away.
Rebecca Lundh
About the artists
Tim Linhart is an ice artist with 36 years of experience working with ice as an artistic material. He is the originator of th art form of Ice Musik. He works with ice sculpture, architecture and musical instrument development. Each winter since 1998 Tim has built an orchestra and concert hall pf snow and ice, including numerous ice instruments and has conducted Ice Music concerts in both the United States and Sweden. Tim is an American, now living with his family in Luleå, Sweden.
Giovanna Martinez loves to travel and to get in touch with different ways of life and cultures. She fell in love with Sápmi's beautiful nature and keeps coming back to Jukkasjärvi, were she usually works in the building team at ICEHOTEL. She is curious and interested in many different things, including rock climbing, music, filmmaking and storytelling. She loves learning languages, practicing yoga, spending time out in nature and sharing creative moments with others. She's currently finishing her master's degree in peace studies.
