Two new art suites have opened this week at ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. The summer is in full bloom in Sweden, but inside it’s winter. At least at Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi that since December 2016 has a permanent part of ice and snow, which is open year-round and run on solar power.
The permanent part of Icehotel is filled with art created out of crystal clear Arctic ice, a contrast against the lush greenery outside. The hotel consists of an ice bar, an ice gallery and 20 ice suites, nine of them with private sauna and relax area, individually created and hand-sculpted by artists from all over the world.
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Arctic Direct are the UKs leading Arctic travel operator and in conjunction with Ice Hotel we’re delighted to announce that these two new art suites are being presented in the year-round part of ICEHOTEL. One of the new suites is a Deluxe Suite that has a private sauna and warm relax room. The suite pictured above is named “Lost & Found” and the design in the suite is accompanied by specially written music and sound by poet and musician Petri “Bette” Tuominen.
The suite is a place for the guests to make an inner journey with the combination of ice design, sound, and light. Besides a bed, the luxurious suite features seats where the guests can sit down, focus on a sculpture and begin their inner journey. “The visitor is guided into their own inner world with help by sound, music, and voices. The room, ice, and design is half the experience, while the other half is the sound and light that interact and take the guest on their own, individual journey” says Jens Thoms Ivarsson. Jens Thoms Ivarsson has been working with ice art for more than 15 years and was previously Creative Director at Ice Hotel. This time it was time to try something new – combining music, voices, sound, and design.
Sculptor and designer Javier Opazo from Chile created the other art suite. The suite is called ”Téckara” and is pictured above, which means number nine in Kunza (a language spoken in the Andes). The suite has its name because it holds nine pillars that show off the magnificent ceiling height.
“I think the visitors are going to feel overwhelmed by the high columns that stretch all the way to the ceiling. It is a magnificent feeling and a ceiling height of 4,7 meters” says, Javier Opazo.
