Olafur Eliasson's makes his artwork for the experiences, nothing else.

The first installation took place in Copenhagen in 2014 and then again in Paris in 2015

12 big glacial blocks weighing around 1-4 tones are harvested from near Greenland.

They are placed in a clock formation in a public place to “provide a direct and tangible experience of the reality of melting Arctic ice”.

It was “marked the publication of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s ‘Fifth Assessment Report on Climate Change’.”

Ice watch is a large-scale intervention in public spaces to seek to communicate the urgency of climate change.
Also to raise action for a need for change.

The artist quote on the project is “The blocks of glacial ice await your arrival,” and “Put your hand on the ice, listen to it, smell it, look at