Glacier Snowbank is a participatory art-science installation and living ‘snowbank’ — a collective space to contribute memories, messages, and hopes to glaciers, building something that grows as the ice retreats. It serves as memorial, homage, and call to action. Launching at UNESCO’s World Day for Glaciers in Paris and virtually (18–19 Mar 2026), it marks the beginning of an artwork growing throughout the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences, connecting participants and communities worldwide in the protection of glaciers.
All contributions remain yours. This archive belongs to everyone.
Natalie Kovacs, Carol Devine, Toronto
Soraya Chaar, Paris
Veronica Devine, Franz Joseph Glacier, Aotearoa New Zealand
Carol Devine
Social scientist, climate and health professional, and co-author of The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning (HarperCollins), a cultural history book about an environmental expedition she led. Curated Aquamess: Portraits of Garbage from the top of the world exhibition with garbage archive collected as part of CleanUp Svalbard. Currently writing Hello Glaciers, a mother-daughter chronicle of glacier research weaving climate science, Indigenous knowledges, and coming-of-age into a love letter to ice.
Veronica Devine
Mechanical engineering student (University of Waterloo, 2027), photographer. Worked for ocean tech companies in Sydney and San Diego developing autonomous marine systems. Ran a business making rings from upcycled cutlery and taught synchronized swimming. Loves meeting people, solving problems, and making beautiful things.
Some of your friendly glacier snowbank animators + many more
Natalie Kovacs
International curator working at the intersection of ecological education and immersive public art. She explores behavior and natural phenomena through new media, activating audiences as performers rather than passive viewers. Notable projects include Random International's Rain Room (MoMA, LACMA, permanent collection in Sharjah), Domestikator at Centre Pompidou, and the largest installation in Art Basel Unlimited history, The Voyage – A March to Utopia.
Soraya Chaar
Multilingual producer and environmental advocate based in Paris with 20+ years experience leading cultural and scientific initiatives across several continents. Co-founder of Amazonia Fund Alliance Partnership (AFAP) supporting UNESCO's Decade for Indigenous Languages; lead coordinator of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's L'Arc de Triomphe (Paris, 2021)
Thank you, merci beaucoup
UNESCO World Day for Glaciers for hosting the Glacier Snowbank in Paris March 18-19, 2026. Thank you to Alexandre Germouty and UNESCO colleagues.
Haptic Lab and Emily Fischer for the collaboration and gorgeous base Dymaxion World Map Quilt for our first Glacier Snowbank we will co-create.
