Memories of the Melted, A Glaciers. Generative Science model concert Original

MEMORIES OF THE MELTED.
In a rare fusion of art, science, and violin, four collaborators reveal the future scenarios we can still choose—before glaciers become a memory.
Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland — [DATE 2025]
In honour of the Year of the Glacier, top glaciologists Matthias Huss and Heïdi Sevestre have joined ecological artist Thijs Biersteker and world-renowned violinist SongHa Choi in a singular art-and-science collaboration. Made from 130,000 glacier data points, a real-time generative model of the Rhône Glacier is built that depicts the various scenarios we can still choose, giving a glimpse into the future of the Glacier.

During this special performance for an audience of policymakers and system-change leaders, each drip of the glaciers' meltwater responded to the rhythm, tones, and frequencies of the sound of SongHa’s violin play. The work proved how facts and feelings together make the future of our glaciers tangible, understandable, and profoundly emotional.