Oliver Parker Videos : The Ice Bear Project

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The Ice Bear Project

Sculptor Mark Coreth captures the essence of the Arctic in the form of a life-sized ice-sculpture of a polar bear for Trafalgar Square. As it melts, it leaves a skeleton, a pool of water and a powerful environmental message. In May 2009, to prepare for his exhibition on the Arctic, renowned animal sculptor Mark Coreth set off across the Baffin Island sea-ice in search of polar bears. Local guides took him and filmmaker, Oliver Parker, across a breathtaking environment of frozen sea. Here they encountered an array of Arctic birdlife and Inuit hunters on the trail of seal and polar bears. They also discovered a land of ancient blue icebergs, crumpled ice ridges and desert terrain. In this search for the elusive polar bear, Mark soon found himself merging with the bears ice-locked kingdom; a kingdom showing the premature signs of Arctic spring. The more Mark immersed himself in this landscape, the more he felt his mission must be to capture its essence in a very public sculpture. He realised that he must craft a life-size polar bear made from this landscape; from ice, with a skeleton that would be revealed as this iconic animal melts. OFFICIAL WEBSITE www.icebearproject.org

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