Fragmentin’s Global Wiring is a glacial ice-core sculpture whose name is a neologism derived from the contraction of “global warming” and “wiring”. It evokes both an ice sample formed over millennia and an archaeological examination of the present. The core consists of layers of recycled glass in different tints, infiltrated with cables of varying thicknesses, and embedded in the rock – a microcosm of nature denatured. The sculpture speaks to the twin pressures weighing on our planet: climate change (the ice at the top of the core is “melting”) and the age of mass infrastructure-building (water pipes, electrical cables, telecommunication systems, fibre optics and more).
By exploring systems for controlling both people and the weather, Fragmentin question the impact of technology on society and the environment. In addition to exhibiting in museums and art venues, the three artists like to present their sculptures on mountains and in parks, squares, churches and other public spaces.

Laura Nieder (b. 1991, Lausanne), David Colombini (b. 1989, Lausanne) and Marc Dubois (b. 1985, Basel) are all alumni of the University of Arts and Design, Lausanne (ECAL). In 2013, they founded Fragmentin, a collective operating at the intersection between art, design and engineering. They completed a residency at CERN in 2015 and have won several awards, including the Pax Art Award and the Vaud Foundation for Culture’s Influence Prize.

Fragmentin, Global Wiring, 2023, 3D Sculpture Park Verbier