Ice Station Quellette at HOUSE OF ETERNAL RETURN
Ice-Station Quellette is an evolving super fiction about a DIMENSION-CROSSING team of refugee scientists and adventurers, realized through original art and photography, vintage and manipulated ephemera, sculpture, polar science, narrative, and charismatic characters in a large scale installation.
Ice Station Quellette was on display in a dedicated space within House of Eternal Return from 2016-2024, the third of three ISQ installations. The large compendium exhibit was created by an idealistic group of artists, music and film-makers, artisanal tradespeople, and tech-creatives, with considerable help from the Santa Fe community. Hundreds of construction volunteers rolled up their sleeves to build the legendary “Meow Wolf” collective’s new art complex, slated to include affordable art studios. Many generous Santa Feans donated materials and offered financial support – most notably local superstar author and philanthropist George R.R. Martin who purchased the old bowling alley at the behest of the Collective.
The Exhibit’s opening attracted national and international press. With lines around the block to see the art, Meow Wolf was unveiled as a startup with a revolutionary business model, and HoER a prototype for expansion across the country. The corporation reportedly sold a majority interest to European private equity in a headline deal to expand to new markets in Las Vegas, Denver, and Texas. Meow Wolf, Inc. has recently announced new locations in Los Angeles and New York.
The reaction to the Ice Station Quellette room at HoER was overwhelming and validated a year of design work and three grueling months of installation.
I did, too.
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THANK YOU: Katherine Lee, Yon Hudson, Tuscany Wenger, Caity Kennedy, Chris Hilson, Cris Brodsky, Jake Snider, Chris Clavio, Kate Russell Photography, Ann Jag, and of course, all the artists, volunteers and staff who provided so much support!
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