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Icehotel #26

A three meter tall elephant carved out of snow, jumping sheep, a 1970’s Love Capsule, and an imperial Russian theatre set are some of the creations of this winter’s hotel.

Like every winter for the past 26 years, at the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Swedish Lapland the ice from the Torne River is transformed to art sculptures and architecture.

Thirty-six artists coming from thirteen different countries designed this year’s suite: among those, a three meter tall African elephant carved out of snow by AnnaSofia Mååg, dreamy jumping sheep tucking you into bed conceived by Luca Roncoroni, the Luc Voisin and Mathieu Brison’s 1970’s inspired Love Capsule, and the imperial Russian-inspired theatre set, Labyrinth Saga designed by Clara Lindencrona and Kristin Borg.

Cesare’s Wake

Petros Dermatas and Ellie Souti, Cesare´s Wake, Icehotel

Eye Suite

Nicolas Triboulot & Cedric Alizard, Eye Suite, Icehotel

Flying Buttress

AnnaKatrin Kraus and Hans Aescht, The Flying Buttress, Icehotel

Fractus

Anja Kilian & Wolfgang A Lüchow, Fractus, Icehotel

Live your time:

Left: AnnaSofia Mååg, Elephant in the Room, Icehotel

Love Capsule

Luc Voisin & Mathieu Brison, Love Capsule, Icehotel

Show Me What You Got:Tjåsa Gusfors, David Andrén

Tjåsa Gusfors & David Andrén, Show Me What You Got, Icehotel

The Power of Love:

Sebastian Scheller & Kristina Möckel, The Power of Love, Icehotel

Under the Arctic Skin

Rob Harding & Timsam Harding, Under the Arctic Skin, Icehotel

Icehotel #26, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden
Program: hotel
Artists: AnnaSofia Mååg, Wouter Biegelaar and Viktor Tsarski, Rob Harding and Timsam Harding, Luca Roncoroni, AnnaKatrin Kraus and Hans Aescht, Sebastian Scheller and Kristina Möckel, Anja Kilian and Wolfgang A Lüchow, Anna Baumgarte and Liubov Moskvina, Jose Carlos Cabello Millán and Javier Alvaro Colomino Matassa, Annie Hanauer and Matt Chan, Lotta Lampa and Julia Gamborg Nielsen, Petros Dermatas and Ellie Souti, Nicolas Triboulot and Cédric Alizard, Petri Tuominen and Urs Koller, Clara Lindencrona and Kristin Borg, Luc Voisin and Mathieu Brison, Tjåsa Gusfors and David Andrén, Shingo Saito and Natsuki Saito, Marjolein Vonk and Maurizio Perron
Completion: December 2015