No one knows exactly how many bodies remain on Mount Everest today, but there are more than 200. Climbers and Sherpas lie tucked into crevasses, buried under avalanche snow and exposed on catchment basin slopes. Most are concealed from view, but some are visible on the route to Everest’s summit.
Metaphor used:
Wax is a very particular material, it can be used to evocate some shapes and colors. The installation wants to evoke a mountain the scenery and a freezing process taking examples from ice stalactites and snow. To do this process I decided to use wax to create the aggregations and a sheet of plexiglass to represent the mountain covered.
Intended Meaning:
The goal of this static installation is to create a sort of contemplation for a structure that recalls the drama of mountaineering. There is something fascinating (the candor, the elegance of the forms) but in reality it is a dramatic scene: lovers of the rocks that have remained there where they have brought their pass. We want to reflect on immobility and on the respect for them.
