In The Memory of Ice, Samsel translates scientific research and data into a visual language that encompasses fused glass, prints, and ceramics. With Keisling’s scientific exploration of the Greenland ice sheet as a backdrop, Samsel’s work demonstrates how materials drawn from the Earth itself provide entry points into a deepened understanding of planetary processes. 

Their interdisciplinary practice merges contemporary research, scientific data and visualization, artistic metaphor, and visual poetry to create an intuitive language through which audiences can engage with complex issues that are vital to our future.

At a moment when the effects of environmental change can feel simultaneously immense and abstract, The Memory of Ice offers another way of looking: slowly, physically, and attentively.