Lou Sheppard, 2017 Commissioned by the Antarctic Biennial Curated by Nadim Saaman 

Requiem for the Antarctic Coast is a composition for piano and strings extracted from the shape of the coastline of the Antarctic Peninsula, between Joinville Island at the tip of the
peninsula, and Winter Island in the Grandidier Channel. This 550km (plus) of coastline is the same that was covered by the Antarctic Biennale Expedition from March 17-27, 2017. A grid, which referenced a musical staff, was laid over satellite imagery of the coast. Points were determined on the grid where the contour lines of the satellite image came to a point, or shifted direction. This grid was then notated and transcribed into a musical score. 

The composition was originally performed on site at Winter Island, on March 21, 2017, and was most recently performed live at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.