Heddi Vaughan Siebel

Beach of remote rocky beach on Franz Josef framed by a long glacier 600 miles south of the North Pole is filled with enormous rusted fuel drums left but the Soviets after fueling air travel to the North Pole Drift Stations


Our Bodies, Our Ice integrates images of the Arctic’s other-worldly landscape with contemporary pictures of Boston’s youth striking for climate action. With new urgency, the co-mingled images imagine a deeper, more empathetic relationship between human and non-human forms. Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA. February 2020.

A 9 foot horizontal triptych of an iceberg melting in organic deep green shapes similar to human organs
A hand built bird puppet flies in deep blue skies during the Boston Climate Action Strike 2019
Small black and white arctic birds called Little Auks roost on the edge of a rocky cliff while one with outstretched wings lands
A young woman in a ski helmet holds a sign saying 100% of ski resorts in Mass will close by 2039 and footnoted U of Ottawa Dept of Geology
From a distance a polar bear cools himself off in a patch of snow clinging to a rocky cliff on Apolonov Island Franz Josef land
A horizontal 9 foot triptych shows a beautiful golden light illuminating fog over a quiet bay as a man stands in a small boat
A 5 foot triptych of vertical photos showing a young girl thrusting up a poster at the Climate Strike Boston 2019 while two images of ice frame her outstretched arms

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