HVÍT SÓL - PREQUEL
2018, LungA in collaboration with Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður.
Performance, 36 flags, brass band.
Made by IYFAC: Halla Birgisdóttir, Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir, Ragnheiður Maísól Sturludóttir og Sigrún Hlín Sigurðardóttir.
Music: Benni Hemm Hemm and members of brass band.
Performance, 36 flags, brass band.
Made by IYFAC: Halla Birgisdóttir, Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir, Ragnheiður Maísól Sturludóttir og Sigrún Hlín Sigurðardóttir.
Music: Benni Hemm Hemm and members of brass band.
Text by curator Tinna Guðmundsdóttir:
"Before developing their exhibition Hvít sól, IYFAC visited Seyðisfjörður for a research trip in July. The purpose was to experience and map the town’s circumstances during high summer and to use that information as a comparison while making the art work to be shown during winter. When the sunshine was at its peak the artists scanned the sky, conducted interviews, took measurements and dove into solar terminology. The result was a sun performance which took place under the bright evening sky where the artists attempted to make some sort of a human solar clock. Participants were led in a reverse solar circle around a part of the town while solar flags were raised and a dissonant brass band played far and wide, conducted by the musician Benni Hemm Hemm."
"Before developing their exhibition Hvít sól, IYFAC visited Seyðisfjörður for a research trip in July. The purpose was to experience and map the town’s circumstances during high summer and to use that information as a comparison while making the art work to be shown during winter. When the sunshine was at its peak the artists scanned the sky, conducted interviews, took measurements and dove into solar terminology. The result was a sun performance which took place under the bright evening sky where the artists attempted to make some sort of a human solar clock. Participants were led in a reverse solar circle around a part of the town while solar flags were raised and a dissonant brass band played far and wide, conducted by the musician Benni Hemm Hemm."
Photos by Ragnheiður Maísól, Birkir Brynjarsson and LungA
