{"id":4521,"date":"2026-05-20T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/good-practice\/ice-music\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:50:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:50:57","slug":"ice-music","status":"publish","type":"goodpractice-projekt","link":"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/en\/good-practice\/ice-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Eismusik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-14-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-14-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-14-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-14-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-14-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-14-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-14-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 Frank Meissner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential Impacts \u2013 What Makes This Project an Example of Good Practice?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 24, 2026, an interdisciplinary group of natural scientists, designers, artists, sustainability researchers, and art educators<em> analyzed <\/em>the potential impacts of<em> Eismusik <\/em>using the Map\/ing Sustainability method. The artist himself took part in the discussion. Several participants had previously experienced the installation at least once.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"gp-diagramm-block_c82530dbdcce8fa9bb5f5b46f401112d\" class=\"block-gp-diagramm\" style=\"container-type: inline-size;\">\n    <div class=\"gp-diagramm-grid\">\n        <figure class=\"gp-diagramm-content-figure\">\n            <div class=\"gp-diagramm-content\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/themes\/transformnrw-theme\/graphics\/Mapping-Sustainability_Grafik_250923.webp\" alt=\"Graphical model of the &quot;Map\/ing Sustainability&quot; method featuring concentric circles and selected SDG icons. It illustrates the Map\/ing Sustainability analytical approach, which visualizes potential sustainability impacts using the interconnected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The concentric circles represent the causal chains of impact resulting from a good practice project: Input, Activities, Outputs, Outcomes, and Impacts. The diagram relies on the Wuppertal Institute&#039;s three-tier model as a framework: individual SDGs are mapped to these tiers, highlighting that sustainability impacts are not viewed in isolation, but through their interdependencies across environmental, social, and economic dimensions. The graphic serves as a reference model for the collaborative analysis of products, business models, infrastructures, performances, or works of art.\" style=\"width:100%; height:100%;\" \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/themes\/transformnrw-theme\/graphics\/Mapping-Sustainability_Grafik_250923_EN.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"width:100%; height:100%;\" \/>\n                <div class=\"gp-diagramm-slideshow\" style=\"position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; height:100%; pointer-events:none;\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gp-slide\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eismusik-1-1.svg\"\n                                alt=\"\"\n                                style=\"position:absolute; width:100%; height:100%; object-fit:contain; display:block;\" \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gp-slide\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eismusik-2-1.svg\"\n                                alt=\"\"\n                                style=\"position:absolute; 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width:100%; height:100%; object-fit:contain; display:none;\" \/>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <button type=\"button\" class=\"gp-diagramm-zoom-button\" aria-label=\"Enlarge graphic\"><\/button>\n\n                <div class=\"gp-diagramm-overlay\" id=\"gp-diagramm-block_c82530dbdcce8fa9bb5f5b46f401112d-overlay\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"gp-diagramm-block_c82530dbdcce8fa9bb5f5b46f401112d-overlay-title\" hidden>\n                    <div class=\"gp-diagramm-overlay__inner\">\n                        <span id=\"gp-diagramm-block_c82530dbdcce8fa9bb5f5b46f401112d-overlay-title\" class=\"screen-reader-text\">Enlarge graphic<\/span>\n                        <button type=\"button\" class=\"gp-diagramm-overlay__close\" aria-label=\"Close overlay\"><\/button>\n                        <div class=\"gp-diagramm-overlay__viewport\" aria-label=\"Zoomable graphic\">\n                                                        <div class=\"gp-diagramm-image-map\" data-src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/themes\/transformnrw-theme\/graphics\/Mapping-Sustainability_Grafik_250923.webp\" data-mid-src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/themes\/transformnrw-theme\/graphics\/Mapping-Sustainability_Grafik_250923_EN.svg\" data-overlay-src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Eismusik-5-1.svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Diagram (enlargeable)\"><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"gp-diagramm-overlay__controls\" aria-label=\"Zoom control\">\n                            <button type=\"button\" class=\"gp-zoom-in\" aria-label=\"Enlarge\">+<\/button>\n                            <button type=\"button\" class=\"gp-zoom-out\" aria-label=\"Minimize\">\u2212<\/button>\n                            <button type=\"button\" class=\"gp-zoom-reset\" aria-label=\"Reset\">\u27f2<\/button>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <figcaption class=\"gp-figcaption\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/en\/methode\/map-ing-sustainability\/\">Map\/ing Sustainability<\/a>: Analysis of the impact potential of the project with regard to the SDGs            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <!-- Die Slideshow-Logik wurde nach src\/js\/div\/div.js ausgelagert und wird in src\/index.js in der Single-Project-View initialisiert. -->\n\n        <figure class=\"d3-netzwerk-mini-wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"d3-netzwerk-mini\" data-svg-alt=\"Graphical three-level model with three stacked, color-highlighted ovals. Bottom: natural resources; middle: provisioning systems; top: well-being. The levels are connected by double arrows; within each level, the corresponding icons of selected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are shown.\">\n                <a class=\"gp-diagramm-mini-fullscreen-button\" href=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/en\/sdg-model\/?id=4521\" aria-label=\"Open in the SDG model\"><\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <figcaption class=\"gp-figcaption\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/en\/sdg-model\/?id=4521\">SDG Model<\/a>: Categorization of the identified sustainability goals into three levels: Natural Resources, Provisioning Systems, and Well-being            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Well-being<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the discussion, it became clear that Eismusik can open up spaces for experience in which perception, pausing, and conscious listening take center stage. The discussion group emphasized that this work can encourage people to \u201clisten to natural processes, observe them, and let them be.\u201d In this way, it facilitates moments of slowing down and reflection that can have a positive impact on individual well-being (SDG 3).  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A key potential was identified in the area of informal educational processes: The sensory-aesthetic experience of nonlinear, constantly changing rhythms can open up entry points to complexity that go beyond purely cognitive knowledge transfer. It was emphasized that the ice \u201csimply does not adhere to fixed structures of tempo and rhythm, but drips as it pleases,\u201d thereby disrupting familiar patterns of order and thought. This could be understood as a process of relearning that sharpens perception and enables other, less established forms of understanding (SDG 4).  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the participants perceived a special emotional quality in the work. The relatively long time many visitors spent there suggests that the installation opens up spaces of experience that go beyond the obvious and in which deeper levels of human experience might be addressed. Furthermore, the idea was put forward that the work could take on ritual-like qualities by being interpreted not only as a warning about the consequences of climate change but also by facilitating a positive, sensory connection to nature\u2014for example, by \u201ccelebrating the complexity of nature by truly internalizing this rhythm.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Provisioning Systems<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discussion focused on the extent to which Eismusik can influence specific Provisioning Systems. However, some presentations drew connections to broader social and economic structures. For example, it was emphasized that the installation could encourage people to question dominant notions of growth and progress.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several participants pointed out that current economic logic is often geared toward \u201cmore and more, further and further,\u201d and thus diverges from natural processes (SDG 8). Eismusik could trigger a shift in perspective here by making it tangible that decline, dissolution, and transformation can also be integral parts of development. Furthermore, it was emphasized that the installation\u2019s openness and process-oriented nature could make alternative, cycle-based ways of thinking visible. This point was sharpened in the discussion with the observation that social systems often fail to think cycles through to their conclusion and may thus overlook central aspects of ecological and social interconnections.   <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Natural Resources<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the discussion, it became clear that the work focuses on natural processes and uses them as the starting point for its aesthetic impact. By using melting ice as a sound source, the installation draws directly on natural processes and makes their dynamics tangible within the space. The discussion group saw in this the potential to make ecological relationships perceptible not only in the abstract, but also in their temporal, material, and sensory dimensions (SDGs 14, 15). In particular, it was emphasized that the interplay of temperature, material, and melting behavior points to interactions within natural systems and can thus foster an understanding of their fragility and dynamics.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, it was noted that the ecological dimension of the work\u2014for example, in relation to climate change and melting ice\u2014is not necessarily the primary focus, but rather, for many viewers, may only become apparent over time or in the context of societal debates. The installation could thus initially engage viewers through aesthetic experience\u2014listening, observing, and lingering\u2014and, building on that, facilitate associations with global ecological changes. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, it was emphasized that \u201cEismusik\u201d makes fundamental natural principles\u2014such as the cycle of creation and decay\u2014tangible. This opens up spaces for reflection on human interventions in ecological systems as well as on a relationship with nature shaped by the logic of growth. The work could encourage people to question the decoupling of social practices from natural rhythms. In doing so, it provides impetus for a deeper engagement with natural rhythms and a renewed connection to them.   <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-4-edited-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Meltwater drips onto a drum in the installation &#x201C;Ice Music,&#x201D; in which the melting ice produces sounds.\" class=\"wp-image-3998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-4-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-4-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-4-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-4-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transform.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Klima-2050-4-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9 Frank Meissner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Potential Impacts \u2013 What Makes This Project an Example of Good Practice? 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