“The Archive on Ice is a solar-powered digital micro-archive. A miniature database of Ice Follies’ history. The website archiveonice.ca was coded on a Raspberry Pi microcomputer, which is then hosted by a remote server, and powered by PV solar panels. Our digital networks, data centres and technological devices contribute a massive 4% of greenhouse gas emissions. Using solar-power to build a digital archive celebrates a reciprocal relationship with the land, the sun, the lake, and the digital technology. The Archive on Ice is only available to the user as long as the sun shines.” -Imogen Clendinning and Ice Follies
Imogen Clendinning
Imogen Clendinning (she/her/they/them) is a settler video artist who currently resides as an uninvited guest in the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Attawandaron, and Wendat peoples, known in a colonial context as London, Ontario. Clendinning holds an MFA from the University of Windsor, an MA in Art History and Curatorial Study at Western University, and they are currently pursuing a PhD in Art and Visual Culture at Western University, with a focus on DIY digital archives and environmentally sustainable networks.
“Rather than a singular, verifiable truth, we understand the production of knowledge as occurring through a series of encounters. For this issue, we extended an open invitation to seven contributors to respond to the themes of art, archives and the environment.”
