Vital Spaces at the Fashion Outlets
8380 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507

On view Mon-Sat 10am-7pm, Sun 10am-6pm (Mall hours)

Ice Crop is a collection of sculptures modeled on historic 19th century ice harvesting tools. In New Mexico the ice industry was centered in Las Vegas, but with the advent of manufactured refrigeration at the turn of the century, ice harvesting became obsolete, and meanwhile sediment deposits in local ponds made them too shallow to freeze in winter. The exhibition includes a video filmed near Las Vegas where the sculptures, cast in materials including wax and unfired clay, encounter the contemporary landscape. In large parts of the US, pollution in waterways also worked to end the ice industry, as the ice was no longer food safe, a consequence of the very shipping industry that had once made the trade so profitable. These sculptures serve as revenants of the false promises of capitalism and the ephemeral nature of the worlds it purports to create.

Luna Galassini is an artist, performer and filmmaker based in Northern New Mexico. Her work is anchored in place: her practice began in Rochester, New York, the birthplace of Eastman-Kodak, with analog photography, and her graduate work at California Institute of the Arts was motivated by the gated communities of the Los Angeles County suburbs and its encroaching tumbleweeds. Some of her current projects include turning abandoned mine gates into giant subwoofers, documenting the history of the adobe casita where she lives (her bedroom was once a butcher shop), and building very low frequency receivers to pick up on the sounds of the sunrise. She holds a BA from Bennington College with a concentration in music, and an MFA from CalArts.

www.lunagalassini.com / Instagram: @lunagalassini