But walking across the dark volcanic rocks with the snow cone of Mt Erebus behind and the soundof penguins braying along the sea ice of the sound, it is easy to imagine yourself transported back to the early years of the last century, for this is a timeless landscape.
He has since gone on to mount an impressive list of works, including bringing the soundof the sea from the Normandy beaches to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and the inner vibrations of London's Millennium Bridge to London's Tate Modern.