In relation to the exhibition LAND&SEA we held a Video screening in Baldurshagi on the 6 -7 november.
The Guest artist where : Etienne De France (http://www.etiennedefrance.com/) Helena Hansdóttir (www.helenahans.com) Diane Melot - Monika Frycova - Katrin Inga Jonsdottir Hjördisardottir - Erik Hirt og Una Björk Sigurðardottir.
Photos from the event will come shortly : )
Thank you to all that helped make it happen.
Thursday 11 November 2010
The Guest Artist LAND&SEA Bíldudalur 2010
Erik Hirt born 1968. Lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland
Title of the piece - Hafið gefur, hafið tekur. The ocean gives, the ocean takes. Video/performance 2010
Title of the piece - Hafið gefur, hafið tekur. The ocean gives, the ocean takes. Video/performance 2010
Tuesday 9 November 2010
The Guest Artist LAND&SEA Bíldudalur 2010
Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir born 1982, lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland
Title of the piece Ég er þín - I am yours. Video / performance 2010.
Title of the piece Ég er þín - I am yours. Video / performance 2010.
Monday 8 November 2010
The Guest Artist LAND&SEA Bíldudalur 2010
Una Björk Sigurðadóttir born 1982, lives and works in Reykjavik Iceland.
The title of the piece is Primitivism in time of Global Warming and was showed in Baldurshagi -Bíldudalur on the 7 november. The piece was made in relation to the concept of the show LAND&SEA.
You can watch the video here :
The title of the piece is Primitivism in time of Global Warming and was showed in Baldurshagi -Bíldudalur on the 7 november. The piece was made in relation to the concept of the show LAND&SEA.
You can watch the video here :
Primitivism in time of Global Warming from Una Loa on Vimeo.
Wednesday 3 November 2010
Monday 1 November 2010
Bíldudalur 2010 - 31 Nóv
Bíldudalur 2010
A fish out of water is a cold fish - performance / Eva Isleifsdottir / 2010
We took the airplane from Reykjavík to Bíldudalur - remember you can not fly on saturdays - you can not take bus on saturdays and you can not take the ferry on saturdays. Reminder for next time.
Sunday 31 October 2010
Monday 11 October 2010
Will be hosting the artist in Bíldudalur 2010
Arriving to the west coast of Iceland is memorable experience where many things here will take you by surprise in a very enjoyable way.
Be outdoors in breathtaking environment of Arnarfjordur (Eaglefjord) where the nature and history weaves together so beautifully.
The winters are also an option, the arctic darkness, clear starlit Skye's, auroras and natural hot pool to soak in is something that can be combined wonderfully.
Walk on a beach with mystical mountain view is experience that will recharge you for a long time.
We transport you where you want to go by land or sea around the local area and provide guides with practical information.
Contact us by email jon@bildudal.is or by phone 354-894-1684
text taken from the webpage : www.bildudalur.is
In conversation
Conversation over the internet with Jon Þorðarsson. He will be hosting the second exhibiton of LAND&SEA.We are all looking forward : )
Wednesday 15 September 2010
Land and Sea in Bildudalur 2010
Next stop for the project is Bildudalur which is located on the Vestfjords of Iceland.
Jón Þórðarson will be hosting the exhibition in Gallerie Dynjanda now this coming November.
www.bildudalur.is
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Monday 23 August 2010
Thursday 19 August 2010
Day after opening out side the sugerfactory
Just got back from 4x expressos - day after opening of the exhibition of Land and Sea Meet.
Monday 9 August 2010
Friday 6 August 2010
Bon voyage !!!
Eva Isleifsdottir and Paul Penrice behind the artwork for the exhibition Land and Sea in Denmark. The work has just been packed up and ready for pick up.
Sunday 1 August 2010
Where Land and Sea Meet, The Exhibition by Vala Lind Juliusdottir
Where Land and Sea Meet
The exhibition
Where Land and Sea Meet is a conceptual art collaboration created by five artists from Denmark, Iceland, Scotland, and The Netherlands. The artists aspire to illustrate the frontier where land and sea meet, the fluid affiliation between man and nature. They further explore and explain in their individual nature how this affiliation is influenced, by the dynamic duo of man and machine, highlighting its consequences and future possibilities in relations to alternative means of harvesting natural resources.
By a travelling exhibition of multimedia, photographic works, sculpture and visual arts, the artists express their natural perception as their unique backgrounds towards where land and see meet as to our natural surroundings we all refer to as home.
The artists which are divided by different lands are united by the sea, although their historical, cultural and social background differs, this unique combination of artists shares a common heritage, namely the sea. By artistic practice and collaboration the artists aim to unite their common heritage, thus strengthening the ties of past, present and future which they share.
prologue
These two elements; land and sea symbolize diversity, land is conceived as solid and definite whereas the sea as flowing and mystical. While land has provided us with stability and security, the sea has granted us the opportunities to explore and advance. In the past, the sea was the only passage where land ended. Commerce and communication globally relied solely upon the sea in the past. Land and sea provides food as materials necessary for man’s survival; his very subsistence depends upon their existence.
In between land and sea there is man. The element of man has greatly influenced land and sea. Man’s nature to harvest natural resources and manage them is evident throughout history, dating back to the pre-historic man to the present day. His domination over various technologies has made him able to manage these two elements up to a great extent. Today man has more means to utilize natural resources than ever before; technology has made it possible to harvest oil, gas, water and wind for man’s exploitation. Where land and sea meet, there are endless opportunities for man to harvest.
Written by Vala Lind Júlíusdóttir born in Iceland, Akureyri 1980
Vala finished her BA degree in Law 2010 and is currently studying Museology in Iceland, graduating with a Master degree in spring 2012.
The exhibition
Where Land and Sea Meet is a conceptual art collaboration created by five artists from Denmark, Iceland, Scotland, and The Netherlands. The artists aspire to illustrate the frontier where land and sea meet, the fluid affiliation between man and nature. They further explore and explain in their individual nature how this affiliation is influenced, by the dynamic duo of man and machine, highlighting its consequences and future possibilities in relations to alternative means of harvesting natural resources.
By a travelling exhibition of multimedia, photographic works, sculpture and visual arts, the artists express their natural perception as their unique backgrounds towards where land and see meet as to our natural surroundings we all refer to as home.
The artists which are divided by different lands are united by the sea, although their historical, cultural and social background differs, this unique combination of artists shares a common heritage, namely the sea. By artistic practice and collaboration the artists aim to unite their common heritage, thus strengthening the ties of past, present and future which they share.
prologue
These two elements; land and sea symbolize diversity, land is conceived as solid and definite whereas the sea as flowing and mystical. While land has provided us with stability and security, the sea has granted us the opportunities to explore and advance. In the past, the sea was the only passage where land ended. Commerce and communication globally relied solely upon the sea in the past. Land and sea provides food as materials necessary for man’s survival; his very subsistence depends upon their existence.
In between land and sea there is man. The element of man has greatly influenced land and sea. Man’s nature to harvest natural resources and manage them is evident throughout history, dating back to the pre-historic man to the present day. His domination over various technologies has made him able to manage these two elements up to a great extent. Today man has more means to utilize natural resources than ever before; technology has made it possible to harvest oil, gas, water and wind for man’s exploitation. Where land and sea meet, there are endless opportunities for man to harvest.
Written by Vala Lind Júlíusdóttir born in Iceland, Akureyri 1980
Vala finished her BA degree in Law 2010 and is currently studying Museology in Iceland, graduating with a Master degree in spring 2012.
Saturday 31 July 2010
Friday 30 July 2010
CIA sponsors Where Land and Sea Meet 2010
The Centre for Icelandic Art sponsors Where Land and Sea meet 2010. Here is the link to the centre :
http://www.cia.is/
PREE RELEASE
Exhibition in Stege, Mön, Denmark 14 - 27 august 2010.
Land and Sea
14 Aug – 27 Aug 2010
Stege Sugar Factory, Møn, Denmark
The exhibition, Land and Sea, is a collaborative art project, created by 5 young international artists from, Denmark, Scotland, Iceland and The Netherlands.
Historically the sea has held a fascination for a wide range of artists, authors and filmmakers. The sea is a parallel world for us who inhabit the land, a place we only with the help of technology – boats and submarines- can explore the mysteries of the sea. But reaching the very bottom of its mystery is something we might never fully attain?
The participating artists, for whom this is their first exhibition in Denmark, apply
photography, installation art and bronze castings and utilize among other things a 10ft wide parachute in an attempt to demonstrate our ethical but also our philosophical views of the sea and nature. The work also explores the role of technology in society today and how it has integrated itself with us, but also how the role of the machine has become all-consuming up to the point where we can no longer escape it.
The participating artist are:
Eva Ísleifsdóttir; intermedia artist (Iceland)
Kimberley Powell; photographer (The Netherlands/England)
Stephen Hunter; Intermedia artist (Scotland)
Paul Penrice; Intermedia artist (Scotland)
Anna Pettigrew; photographer (Scotland/Denmark)
The Sugar factory, which is situated on the island of Møn, with its mile long coast
lines and surrounding waters, makes The Sugar Factory an obvious destination for this exhibition, which illustrates and explores the contemporary sea and landscape perception. This sea/landscape perception is particularly relevant for a nation of coastal dwellers. The exhibition which takes place at The Sugar Factory, Stege, Møn, between 14 Aug. - 27 Aug. 2010, is the first stop on its international tour.
After the exhibition on Møn, the artists, along with their work, will travel to Iceland, The Netherlands and finally finish their journey
in Scotland in 2011.
The exhibition is open every day, from 11am – 5pm
All enquiries should be made to the project coordinator, Anna Pettigrew,
anna@annapettigrew.co.uk
Land and Sea
14 Aug – 27 Aug 2010
Stege Sugar Factory, Møn, Denmark
The exhibition, Land and Sea, is a collaborative art project, created by 5 young international artists from, Denmark, Scotland, Iceland and The Netherlands.
Historically the sea has held a fascination for a wide range of artists, authors and filmmakers. The sea is a parallel world for us who inhabit the land, a place we only with the help of technology – boats and submarines- can explore the mysteries of the sea. But reaching the very bottom of its mystery is something we might never fully attain?
The participating artists, for whom this is their first exhibition in Denmark, apply
photography, installation art and bronze castings and utilize among other things a 10ft wide parachute in an attempt to demonstrate our ethical but also our philosophical views of the sea and nature. The work also explores the role of technology in society today and how it has integrated itself with us, but also how the role of the machine has become all-consuming up to the point where we can no longer escape it.
The participating artist are:
Eva Ísleifsdóttir; intermedia artist (Iceland)
Kimberley Powell; photographer (The Netherlands/England)
Stephen Hunter; Intermedia artist (Scotland)
Paul Penrice; Intermedia artist (Scotland)
Anna Pettigrew; photographer (Scotland/Denmark)
The Sugar factory, which is situated on the island of Møn, with its mile long coast
lines and surrounding waters, makes The Sugar Factory an obvious destination for this exhibition, which illustrates and explores the contemporary sea and landscape perception. This sea/landscape perception is particularly relevant for a nation of coastal dwellers. The exhibition which takes place at The Sugar Factory, Stege, Møn, between 14 Aug. - 27 Aug. 2010, is the first stop on its international tour.
After the exhibition on Møn, the artists, along with their work, will travel to Iceland, The Netherlands and finally finish their journey
in Scotland in 2011.
The exhibition is open every day, from 11am – 5pm
All enquiries should be made to the project coordinator, Anna Pettigrew,
anna@annapettigrew.co.uk
The artist / Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunters individual research is an exploration of his adult experiences of industrial work and how that has been coloured by childhood memories of his grandfather, a shipyard coppersmith. It focuses upon the ambivalent nature of human labour and the idea of alienation, where the human element in the production process becomes obscured. In recent exhibitions Steve has worked with Colin Parker, Scott Laverie, Paul Penrice and Jamie Miller, investigating the Enlightenment and its consequences, taking as a starting point the writing of Theodor Adorno about civilization’s tendency towards self-destruction.
“Enlightenment, understood as the advance of thought, has always aimed at liberating human beings from fear and installing them as masters. Yet the fully enlightened earth radiates disaster triumphant.” TA
Stephen Hunter, Born 1964, graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1987 from the Tapestry department with a Diploma of Postgraduate Studies (awarded with distinction) and has since then exhibited widely in the UK as well as Russian, Japan and Germany.
The artist / Paul Penrice
Paul Penrice
Through his art work Paul Penrice invokes a childhood curiosity with the world. His practice can be considered a narrative between fiction and reality, history and modernity. The work is ultimately concerned with the ‘human foot print’ and our place within the vastness of nature. Penrice constructs sculptural representations using various materials. His work maintains a strong emphasis on drawing which he considers essential to his process of creation.
Paul Penrice was born in 1981. He has exhibited throughout the United Kingdom and abroad.
Selected shows include ‘’Slingshot to Megaton bomb’ Manchester, 2006 and ‘’This is Now’’, Edinburgh, 2008.
The artist / Kimberly Powell
Kimberley Powell
Initially interested in humorous or strange juxtapositions of people, places and things, Kim Powell’s photographic maturity shifted and the basis of her work is now centred upon playing with shapes and light. This distillation process began a number of years ago when she chose 'An Ordinary' as a theme for her degree show. Taking seemingly mundane objects or activities in everyday life and (sometimes literally) putting them in the spotlight is what engages her most now. This has caused her photography to become highly introspective, personal, meditative and even therapeutic. The emphasis on emotional connectivity and strong visual compositions is what truly characterises her work.
Kimberley Powell was born 1983 in Hamburg to English/Dutch parents and was educated in The Hague, The Netherlands, until moving to Edinburgh in 2002 to study photography at Edinburgh College of Art.
The artist / Eva Isleifsdottir
Eva Isleifsdottirwww.evaisleifs.tumblr.com
Eva Isleifsdottir is a mixed media artist who through performance based work, film, sculpture and photography seeks to collect first impressions, strange social circumstances and integrate them into her work. She switches between mediums freely, according to the concept of the work and her ideas. Eva Isleifsdottir’s current practice engages in elements gathered from ancient rituals, dreamscapes and rhythms of today’s culture and social structures.
Eva Isleifsdottir was born in 1982 in Iceland where she studied Fine Arts at The Icelandic Academy of Art from 2006-2008. Mfa from Edinburgh College of Art. 2010
A selected show: Hoy 3. Pier Art Centre. Orkney. Hoy3 group exhibition. 2010
DIRECTRIX Film festival in Berlin. Grand Prix. ELIA. 2008
image ; made in collaboration with Kjersti Sletteland 2009
The artist / Anna C. Pettigrew
Anna C. PettigrewAnna C. Pettigrew’s photographic work often takes on an almost 2 dimensional expression, where large landscape scenes or cityscapes are viewed graphically as blocks of colour, texture and shape. By flattening the subject matter, the viewer is presented with a photograph which reflects that of a theatre set, or a movie still. The work mimics in this way a painterly method, taking reference in the laws of traditional composition and arrangement- that of the Golden Ratio, where lines are placed on The Divine Proportions thus creating harmony and balance within the frame.
Anna C. Pettigrew was born in Scotland in 1984 to Scottish/Danish parents and moved to Denmark in 1990. After returning to Scotland in 2001 she completed her BA (hons) in Photography at Edinburgh College of Art.
Selected shows: Brave Art, Atlantis Gallery, Brick Lane London 2005 Poet Prints, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh 2004
Wednesday 27 January 2010
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