Ice Watch
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Ice Watch is a large-scale environmental art installation by Olafur Eliasson that displays melting blocks of glacial ice in urban public spaces to make climate change tangible and immediate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ice Watch canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ice Watch Context triple: [Olafur Eliasson, notableWork, Ice Watch]
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A.
Stormwatch
Stormwatch is a superhero team and comic book series from WildStorm known for its government-sanctioned metahuman operatives and its role as a precursor to The Authority.
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B.
Every Six Seconds
Every Six Seconds is the major-label debut studio album by American rock band Saliva, known for its nu metal and hard rock sound that gained mainstream attention in the early 2000s.
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C.
The Crowds
The Crowds is an English title for the 39th chapter of the Qur’an, which emphasizes sincere worship of God alone and contrasts the fates of believers and disbelievers.
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D.
Watchtower
The Watchtower is a high-tech orbital headquarters commonly associated with superhero teams like the Justice League, serving as a central command and monitoring station above Earth.
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E.
Twelve Minutes
Twelve Minutes is a top-down, interactive thriller video game centered on a man trapped in a time loop, repeatedly reliving the same 12-minute scenario to uncover a mystery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ice Watch Target entity description: Ice Watch is a large-scale environmental art installation by Olafur Eliasson that displays melting blocks of glacial ice in urban public spaces to make climate change tangible and immediate.
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A.
Stormwatch
Stormwatch is a superhero team and comic book series from WildStorm known for its government-sanctioned metahuman operatives and its role as a precursor to The Authority.
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B.
Every Six Seconds
Every Six Seconds is the major-label debut studio album by American rock band Saliva, known for its nu metal and hard rock sound that gained mainstream attention in the early 2000s.
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C.
The Crowds
The Crowds is an English title for the 39th chapter of the Qur’an, which emphasizes sincere worship of God alone and contrasts the fates of believers and disbelievers.
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D.
Watchtower
The Watchtower is a high-tech orbital headquarters commonly associated with superhero teams like the Justice League, serving as a central command and monitoring station above Earth.
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E.
Twelve Minutes
Twelve Minutes is a top-down, interactive thriller video game centered on a man trapped in a time loop, repeatedly reliving the same 12-minute scenario to uncover a mystery.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
environmental art installation
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public art project ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
make climate change tangible
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raise environmental awareness ⓘ visualize melting of Greenland ice sheet ⓘ |
| allowsInteraction |
visitors can listen to cracking ice
ⓘ
visitors can touch the ice ⓘ |
| artMovement |
contemporary art
ⓘ
socially engaged art ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference
ⓘ
COP21 ⓘ Paris climate talks ⓘ
linked to:
COP21
|
| coCreator | Minik Rosing ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Bloomberg Philanthropies
ⓘ
Museum of London ⓘ Tate Modern ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPresentation | Denmark ⓘ |
| creator | Olafur Eliasson ⓘ |
| displayedIn |
City of London
ⓘ
Copenhagen ⓘ London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Paris ⓘ Place du Panthéon ⓘ Tate Modern vicinity ⓘ |
| experienceType |
immersive
ⓘ
multi-sensory ⓘ |
| feature | ice blocks melt over time in public space ⓘ |
| firstPresentedAt |
Copenhagen City Hall Square
ⓘ
linked to:
Rådhuspladsen
|
| firstPresentedIn | 2014 ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
climate change art
ⓘ
installation art ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://icewatch.dk ⓘ |
| locationOfIceCollection | near Nuuk, Greenland ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
climate change
ⓘ
global warming ⓘ melting glaciers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bringing real glacial ice into city centers
ⓘ
visualizing distant climate processes in urban settings ⓘ |
| numberOfIceBlocks |
12
ⓘ
24 ⓘ |
| partOf | Olafur Eliasson’s climate-related works ⓘ |
| presentedAs | blocks of glacial ice arranged in a circle ⓘ |
| shape | clock-like circle ⓘ |
| sourceOfIce |
Greenland ice sheet
ⓘ
linked to:
Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector)
Nuup Kangerlua fjord ⓘ
linked to:
Nuuk Fjord
|
| symbolizes |
fragility of polar environments
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passing of time ⓘ urgency of climate action ⓘ |
| temporalNature | ephemeral ⓘ |
| usesMaterial | glacial ice ⓘ |
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