What if we dare to acknowledge our inner interconnectedness and vulnerability, and use our privileges and strengths to reposition ourselves?
![Kunstausstellung Kulturgewächshaus Fürth](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60200f9f254fe8e869190cb7/65d9265d4ebc98bf44e93da3_Planetary_Intimacies_Art_9.webp)
![Inflatable Sculpture](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60200f9f254fe8e869190cb7/65d8de6c99236c3c4377db92_Planetary_Intimacies_Contemporary_Art_11.webp)
The idea: to make the changing ice thickness of a glacier tangible in a walk-in air sphere. For the breathing frequency of the sphere, we used data on the ice volume of the Rhone Glacier from 1874 to 2100.
![Concept art infographic about climate change by Planetary Intimacies](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60200f9f254fe8e869190cb7/65e327c5af43e88c4fe06e32_atmend_Homepage_Planetary_Intimacies.webp)
The experience of the glacier's "breathing" tells of intimacy and degrees of impact in relation to the planet. The changing shape of the aerial sphere draws boundaries between something that is lost and something new, while we are inseparably stuck in between all the time. In this way, the sphere of air raises the question of the relationship between size and vulnerability.
![Air Sculpture with Exhibition Visitors](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60200f9f254fe8e869190cb7/65d8de6c581b16540e04adcd_Planetary_Intimacies_Contemporary_Art_12.webp)
![Environmental Data based Art. Melting shapes of the Rhone Glacier](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60200f9f254fe8e869190cb7/65e344be6c7a798775174222_Planetary_Intimacies.webp)
![Land artist inflatable installation sculpture by Planetary Intimacies](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60200f9f254fe8e869190cb7/65d9265dc19e3a0d80f57bee_Planetary_Intimacies_Art_11.webp)
![Environmental art installation about melting glaciers by Planetary Intimacies.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60200f9f254fe8e869190cb7/65e349b878346d12b7232432_PI_PI.webp)
The forming process becomes a self-reflecting and self-dissolving hourglass
![Art Vernissage in Offspace by Planetary Intimacies](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/60200f9f254fe8e869190cb7/65d9265d35c3eb730d17e70d_Planetary_Intimacies_Art_10.webp)
atmend was created in collaboration with Jana Mitnacht and was supported by Leonardo Zentrum für Innovation and Kreativität.