{"id":552,"date":"2012-02-08T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T20:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.org\/?p=552"},"modified":"2012-02-08T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T20:42:11","slug":"ice-typography-by-nicole-dextras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/?p=552","title":{"rendered":"ice typography by nicole dextras"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

canadian graphic designer\u00a0nicole dextras<\/a>\u00a0embraces the cold climate of her native country through her ‘ice typography’ installations –\u00a0a series of larger than life words spelled out in block letters made from ice. the three-dimensional texts are fabricated using moulds
\ndextras pours water into (sometimes colored for a more dramatic effect), allowing it to freeze and assembling the letters\u00a0in a means that speaks to how a viewer’s gaze frames and informs the landscape in which the frozen statements are placed.<\/p>\n

varying in size from as low as 18 inches in height to a whopping 8 feet tall, regardless of where the texts are installed -whether it is in canada’s northern province of yukon, or the metropolitan city of toronto – it is always the temperature which\u00a0determines the life of the works, and how long it will take for nature to takes its course and change their state of solid to liquid.\u00a0as dextras states, ‘this phase of transition becomes symbolic of the interconnectedness of language and culture to the land
\nas they are affected by time and by a constant shifting and transforming nature<\/em>.’<\/p>\n

the visual poetry which the designer’s ice typography creates, aims to subvert the authority of the english language\u00a0and the commerce of signage, selecting words which represent a sense of vulnerability and transition. ‘words cast in ice interrupt\u00a0our literal narratives, allowing a more integrated reading of the land we inhabit, as opposed to the past and current commodification\u00a0of land as limitless resource. this fundamental split in perception lies at the crux of our environmental crisis. I therefore choose to create\u00a0within an ephemeral vernacular to accentuate the collective physical and psychological experience of flux and change,<\/em>‘ dextras says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

canadian graphic designer\u00a0nicole dextras\u00a0embraces the cold climate of her native country through her ‘ice typography’ installations –\u00a0a series of larger than life words spelled out in block letters made from ice. the three-dimensional texts are fabricated using moulds dextras pours … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idd.stojmirovic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}