Rise of the Ice Queens, Original Woodcut Print

Multiblock water - based Japanese woodcut on Awagami Kozo Select Murakumo Inkjet Paper, 29 x 43,5 cm, varied print edition of 5, 2024. 

During an artist residency at Moskosel Creative Lab in Lapland, Sweden,  I developed the immersive VR experience "Rise of the Tidal Ice Queens". I visited the Ajtte Museum in Jokkmokk to research Sami traditions, 3D-scanned the Northern environments, and recorded 360-degree videos of the Aurora Borealis to build a virtual world covered in ice and snow, with skies illuminated by the Aurora. The print is based on an in-game photograph of my immersive Experience.

In the Oculus Quest VR experience, visitors witness and can take part in a ritual performed by the “Ice Queens” under the skies of Aurora, accompanied by a sound design by fellow artist in residence and experimental musician Christoph Zeckel.