Glacial Optics Exhibition on view: Sep. 27, 2024 —Mar. 17 2025

SITE SANTA FE presents Glacial Optics, a solo exhibition by Tristan Duke.

In 2022 the artist sailed to the Arctic to capture portraits of the glaciers, using a camera lens made from their very own ice. Subsequently, Duke has continued to explore the “gaze of the glacier” in an ongoing series of expeditionary, performative, photographic, and research-based work. This exhibition shares works from Duke's Glacial Optics series, positing the glacier as a literal and metaphorical lens through which to understand our current precarious times.

Opening Celebration: Friday Sep. 27th 5-8pm

Free and open to the public with music by DJ Garronteed, food from Mas Chile, and drinks from Rolling Still!

Artist Talk: Saturday September 28th 2pm

In honor of the opening of Glacial Optics, please join us for a conversation between exhibiting artist Tristan Duke and writer Lawrence Weschler. This conversation will explore intersections of art, science, and technology, highlighting Duke’s unusual practice spanning interdisciplinary research, expeditionary adventurism, and unusual technologies of his own invention.