What can you say about a seven-ton, six-metre ice sculpture in the middle of the Egyptian desert? The answer is ‘Nothing’, or at least it doesn’t matter. The image is so outrageous – seven tons of ice, plonked amid burning-hot sand – it requires no context, no explanation. The story writes itself.
That said, it’s still a bit surprising to meet Elena Tengri, the 27-year-old Siberian artist behind ‘Ashes of
