The Artists
Lena von Goedeke
I’m Lena von Goedeke, an artist living on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, where both land and community are in constant transformation.
Melt & Moraine began as a continuation of my known sculptural practice, but instead of casting glass or metal, I started shaping matter that melts. Each of my chocolate pieces carries a fragment of Svalbard´s life and landscape, a bitter yet sweet memory of pressure, erosion, and time passing.
Every sticky idea starts with wandering, collecting fossils, and reading the traces left by ice. I make the molds myself, cast by hand, and take my time, out of respect for the craft, the research, and the rhythm of this place. Nothing is rushed. It is a way to taste what disappears, to let the Arctic linger on the tongue just a little longer. Permanence was never really my thing.
Mystery Man
Somewhere in the background there is a man writing spreadsheets. He keeps the chaos from drifting, counts what I forget to count, and sometimes sends an idea across the room. We do not talk much while working, but somehow things add up: usually over coffee, sometimes over chocolate.