AnthropoScene XII: Iceberg Care /Adam Sébire

Adam Sébire, 
Arctic Norway
Video installation
 
Sébire’s work examines the delicate balance between human activity and the environment, using the metaphor of iceberg care to explore how we might approach our relationship with nature in the Anthropocene. The work features a lone figure attending to three icebergs, repetitively cleaning and polishing their surfaces. These icebergs symbolize the fragility of the environment and the urgent need to protect it. Sébire raises questions about how we can manage and care for the Earth as it undergoes transformation due to human impact and climate change.
 
He hopes to inspire a shift in how we view our responsibilities towards the planet. By confronting the repetitive and seemingly futile task of iceberg cleaning, Sébire challenges audiences to rethink human-nature relationships, moving away from exploitation and consumption toward a future rooted in cooperation and planetary stewardship. He aims to provoke thought about the need for collective action and care in addressing climate change.
 
Adam Sébire is an artist-filmmaker focused on climate change and the Anthropocene. His work combines multi-screen video art and scientific observation to explore environmental issues. Sébire has exhibited internationally, including at COP26 and most recently at UNESCO in Paris, where his work launched the 2025 International Year of Glaciers’ Protection in March.