The Artist Creating a New Mythology for the North Pole | By Tess Thackara

"In her sunlit live-work space overlooking Brick Lane in East London, the artist Himali Singh Soin is spinning a narrative about the farthest reaches of our planet. Singh Soin, a poet and artist from north-central India, has spent the past couple of years contemplating, among other things, the earth’s polar caps. 'It’s a blank screen to project so much on it, it’s almost asking for hyperbole and fantasy,' she says. 'These two spaces seem like the closest to outer space.'" More here...