Contemporary Artist Zaria Forman accompanies NASA’s Operation IceBridge on their 2017 flights over the Greenland ice sheet.
By studying annual changes in the thickness of the ice, the team is better able to understand the global climate system’s effect on polar regions. Their measurements enable them to calculate glacier discharge speeds that could predict increases in sea levels. Filmmaker Jenny Nichols follows Forman and the IceBridge team on their mission north. Zaria photographs the ice sheet from above, which then inspires her next body of work. Her goal is to make people connect with an area that is rapidly changing.
To see the full 20 minute film, please go to: http://pongomediaproductions.com/portfolio/colors-of-change/
Zaria Forman: http://www.zariaforman.com/
NASA’s Operation IceBridge: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/index.html
