GLACIER

 

"...It’s actually not a container but a separator, a solid fluid, the miracle of a content that contains, and hence the creator of the transparency of both: the surpassing of what was considered the primary prerequisite of atmosphere. On the other hand, in glass the symbolism of a secondary state and the symbolism of the zero degree of the material are simultaneously present —the symbolism of freezing, of abstraction. This abstraction leads to the abstraction of the inner world, to the crystal ball of madness, of the future, to the crystal of clairvoyance, and finally to the world of nature: with the help of the microscope and the telescope, the eye can steal a glimpse of different worlds."

/Jean Baudrillard: The system of objects/