Atanaltitudeof2200meters,theRhoneglacierhasbecomebothanobjectofscientificstudyandanimportanttouristicsiteoftheSwissAlps.Aneloquentindicationofapredicteddisappearance,itiscoveredwithtextilemosaicstoprotectitfromsolarradiation.If,accordingtothepromotersoftheproject,thesecoverscontributetoreducetheaccelerationoftheglacialretreat,thispracticeremainsdisputedbythescientificenvironment.Evocativeofanenigmaticsetting,ofshroudsortemporaryrefuges,thedeploymentofthesesurvivalblanketsrepresentsanattempttocontrolthelandscapebyhumansinacontextofclimaticupheaval.Inanimmersiveworkofimageandsound,FragileMonumentexploresthescalesoftemporalityspecifictotheglacier,thewater,themineralenvironmentandtheirentanglementwithhumanrhythms.Byquestioningmodelsoffutureecologies,theworkfocusesonourcomplexrelationshipwithanalterednature,wherestatesofhybridity,vulnerabilityandsublimationarecombined. Director Jean-MaximeDufresne,VirginieLaganière Editing VirginieLaganière SoundRecording VirginieLaganière,Jean-MaximeDufresne Camera VirginieLaganière,Jean-MaximeDufresne Soundmixing NicolasDubé Music VirginieLaganière