Ice Follies 2004

Ernest Daetwyler, Ice Bubbles, 2004

Materials: Bubble-wrap, steel, wood and plastic ties

Ice Bubbles by Ernest Daetwyler consists of several smaller bubble huts that people were invited to enter into. Daetwyler was inspired to create these works by a young girl that he knew, who told him that she’d like to get her family and friends into bubbles and then fly away. It is a whimsical installation that speaks about new life, childhood, and our simple, yet profound connections to the lake and nature. Within each of these bubbles hangs a dream catcher, made of chains and locked. In these huts one doesn’t catch fish, one catches — and ostensibly gets to hold onto — dreams.

Artist Bio:

Ernest Daetwyler studied at the Sachule fuer Gestaltung, Bern, the Centro Europeo in Venice, Italy and received his master diploma from the Schule fuer Gestaltung, St. Gallen, Switzerland. His multidisciplinary work has been shown in Canada and abroad. He is the recipient of numerous awards from the Ontario Arts Council, Presence Suisse, the City of Kitchener, the City of Stratford and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, N.Y. Ernest also had exhibitions at the 2004 Yugoslaw Biennial of Young Artists, Vrsac, Serbia, the 8th Havana Biennial, Cuba, ArtCanal during the expo.02, Switzerland, the Art Gallery of Mississauga, Cambridge Galleries, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph and Peak Gallery, Toronto.