CMC BC is excited to launch Frozen Light, an exhibition of photography, a video installation, and a new eponymous composition by Jordan Nobles. The exhibition runs Tuesday, November 25 through December 5 in our Murray Adaskin Salon, and is open to the public from 1pm – 4:30 pm weekdays.
Frozen Light is a photographic series capturing Arctic sunsets refracted through glacial ice, created by Jordan during an artist residency on the tall ship, Antigua, during a voyage through the High Arctic in October, 2024, arranged by The Arctic Circle organization.
The original signed photograph prints on aluminum include a certificate, and are offered for sale with half of the proceeds going to CMC BC.
Photo: Jordan Nobles
“Surrounded by glaciers,” Jordan Nobles writes, “I became captivated by the way the Arctic’s long, low sunsets revealed an unexpected collaboration between ice and light. The late Arctic sun, suspended in fragments of glacial ice sculpted by water, weather, pressure, and time, became an endless source of inspiration and quiet focus.
“These images are unmanipulated — a direct record of a specific time and place — and a reflection of that which is fragile, immense, and vanishing.
“For most of my creative life, I’ve looked to nature as both a collaborator and a guide. As a composer, I’ve drawn deeply from the movement of water, the silence of fog, and the invisible forces that shape the environment — from oceanic tides to atmospheric light.
Tall Ship Antigua. Photo: Jordan Nobles
“Frozen Light marks the first time I’m presenting my photography publicly, but the impulse behind the work continues what has long driven my music: reverence for the natural world and the desire to translate its beauty into lasting form.
“It is my hope that these photographs offer a moment of stillness — and perhaps reverence — for a landscape of overwhelming beauty that is increasingly under threat.”