The original Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden has this week announced the initial drafts from a selection of the new Art Suites which will feature in the 29th Ice Hotel Northern during the 2018/19 winter season – December 2018 – April 2019.
You may want to get a good night’s sleep in a candy shop filled with sweets, settle down in a suite with a swimming ice woman with a love for cold baths, or fall asleep in an aquarium watched by a huge cat. These are three of the design proposals that wait for the guests in the 29th rendition of the seasonal IceHotel in the teaser of what the forthcoming Art Suites will look like. Sweden has had the warmest summer in many years, but soon the first snow will fall. When it does, the seasonal part of IceHotel will be created and 33 artists from 13 countries arrive in Jukkasjärvi.
Picture: Art Suite, Ice Woman by Linda Vagnelind
This year’s art suites are being inspired a great deal by nature. In the suite “Spruce Woods” by Christopher Pancoe and Jennie O’Keefe from Canada, the guests can sit down around the fire (of ice) in a camping site in the forest, and then sleep on a bed of ice. Jonathan Paul Green from England creates “The Living Ocean Suite” together with his daughter Marnie Green, the suite is an underwater world filled with corals, shells, and fish to marvel at.
“The suite is inspired by the climate changes and the overfishing that affects our oceans. I also thought the idea of using frozen water from a river in northern Sweden to create an ocean with shells, fish, and corals is exciting” says Jonathan Paul Green.
Jonas Johansson, Jordi Claramunt and Lukas Petko from Sweden, Spain and Slovakia create the suite “Haven” , pictured below, in which a magical portal of ice is being guarded by the Phoenix. The legend says only the pure hearted may enter a room where time is infinite and life eternal. “We are inspired by the meeting between people and want to create an experience that invites curiosity, creativity, and collaboration. It feels like a dream to get to work with ice that allows our love for light, shine, and reflection to wander free from thought to creation” says Jonas Johansson.
Picture: Jonas Johansson, Jordi Claramunt and Lukas Petko from Sweden, Spain and Slovakia create the suite “Haven”
15 artist teams were chosen from around 150 applications by a jury made up of Senior Adviser at IceHotel and leader of the jury, Arne Bergh, Art & Support manager Luca Roncoroni, light designer Olof Lange, Johan Larsson who works with the ice production, designer, and artist Marjolein Vonk, amongst others. “It was a challenge for the jury to choose the 15 winning designs for the 29th rendition of IceHotel. But we are very happy with our selection and this winter, IceHotel guests can enter an amazing wonderland, and explore everything from the deep sea to forests and incredible skies. The guests will experience a fantastic light and get lost between sculptures and installations” says the jury.
The contributions came from all over the world, Sweden, USA, India, Canada, Mexico and New Zeeland, to name a few. A complete list of all the artists that will participate in the creation of ICEHOTEL #29 is presented here.
The Jukkasjärvi Ice Hotel provides a sustainable ice experience year-round. Building the seasonal hotel demands a massive amount of work, which starts in March when 5,000 tons of ice is harvested from Torne River. The ice is then stored cold until October every year when the building of IceHotel starts. A couple of weeks before the opening, 33 artists from 13 different countries arrive in Jukkasjärvi to sculpt 15 unique suites of ice and snow, one ice ceremony hall for weddings and ceremonies and one pillar hall. A building team, the ice production, art support and a lightning team work together with the artists in the building of IceHotel , and create an additional 20 ice rooms.
List of Art & Artists in ICEHOTEL #29
Art Suites, Ceremony Hall & Main Hall:
- ”Blossom”, Wouter Biegelaar & Viktor Tsarski, Netherlands
- “The Living Ocean Suite”, Jonathan Paul Green & Marnie Green, UK (Pictured below)
- “Lollipop”, Mathieu Brison & Luc Voisin, France
- “Haven”, Jonas Johansson, Jordi Claramunt & Lukas Petko, Sweden, Spain and Slovakia
- “Dancing Auroras”, Emilie Steele & Sebastian Dell’Uva, Sweden
- “The Tao Of Cat”, Sonia Chow & Huschang Pourian, Hong Kong
- “Flock”, Lisa Lindqvist & Ulrika Tallving, UK & Sweden
- ”Oak”, Tjåsa Gusfors, Sweden
- ”Zero. ICTYS – Water is Always the Same”, Emilio Lorenzo & Josu Ruiz, Spain
- “Perception”, Francisco Javier Cortes Zamudio, Germany
- “Icewoman”, Linda Vagnelind, Sweden
- “Spruce Woods”, Christopher Pancoe & Jennie O’Keefe, Canada
- “Differential Expansion”, Antonio Camara & Juan Carlos Camara, Canada & Mexico
- “The Sea Of Ice”, Kristina Möckel & Sebastian Scheller, Germany
- “Kaamon Aurinko, the Sun of Polar Night”, Katharina Wyss, Frank Dittman & Veronika Mayerböck, Switzerland
- Ceremony Hall, Saito & Natsuki Shingo, Japan
- Main Hall, Marjolein Vonk & Maurizio Perron, Netherlands & Italy
Picture: “The Living Ocean Suite”, Jonathan Paul Green & Marnie Green, UK
