Screech of Ice is a new series of drawings made by holding a bunch of pencils in two hands and letting them to do the controlled dance on paper.
The drawings are depicting the sound ice makes when temperature is fluctuating. Have you ever listened to the ice sing?
With the series of drawings the artist is continuing her work touching upon environmental matters and addressing directly the loss of glaciers on both poles due to climate change.
Jaanika Peerna is an Estonian-born artist whose work encompasses drawing, video, installations and performances. She creates abstract drawings on thin plastic paper through intuitive physical movements inspired by, and reminiscent of dance.
She lives and works in New York, Berlin and Tallinn.