I’m a carver here at the Ice Hotel
Yeah?
And I would be pleased to make you a round trip.
Yeah, this is my first time I’ve never been to anything like this before, so, yeah!
That’s good!
So welcome!
Thank you!
And we stuck these two pieces together,
to give the illusion of real fish inside of the ice.
If you want to follow me, we’re going to see the works, it’s recent works.
It’s interesting all the play with oranges, that I see.
The oranges?
Yeah, like there’s like a lot of
vibrant, kind of warm, colours.
Oh, we have to walk on this?
Yes!
What - Am I too heavy?
Wow!
It’s like I’m walking through a field!
You can even dance on it if you want!
Nice to meet you!
You too!
Thanks for having me!
My pleasure!
That’s beautiful!
Thank you, it’s our new building.
We still call it the new building because it’s been opened like
in 2016.
And what we can see here are the stars of what the Québec scene had to offer
- Got it - from the ’60s and up.
What about the scene, the art scene here in Québec,
do you feel like you’re a part of it, what is your opinion on it?
It’s very dynamic, I think there are a lot of artists in Québec City.
A very nice piece made from
ice and snow, and it’s the artist Stéphane Robert who do it.
And after you cut everything that you don’t want on your piece.
This is the first time I’ll ever cut ice with a chainsaw.
I’m now officially an ice sculptor.
Don’t try this at home, kids!
Do you ever feel like that,
you just brought something up for me, cause sometimes when I create something
and I don’t know how I feel about it,
I don’t know maybe this is complete garbage or maybe it’s very interesting,
like that’s one of the most interesting places to be in.
Yes.
Well, it’s kind of interesting and it’s a bit of a torture at the same time,
I feel, because you know when you’re in your studio and you don’t know what you’re making
- Yeah you don’t know if it’s good or not
- it’s anxiety.
You’re just like what’s going on?
So, I feel that sometimes you just have to
put the work out
without validation and see what’s going to happen.
