Sequences VI – utandagskr?
Laugardaginn 13. apr?l kl. 17:00-19:00
B?kab??-verkefnar?mi
Verk Joey Syta, About, fjallar um t?mann og upplifanir sem ?hrifavalda. Joey heldur ?v? fram a? vera virkur ?horfandi s? nau?synlegur hluti af hans sk?punarferli og s? i?ja hafi ?me?vita? ?hrif ? hans listr?nu ?tkomu. Undanfarinn fimm ?r hefur Joey safna? fr?ttatilkynningum fr? myndlistars?ningum og f?r a? l?ni fr? ?eim eina setningu ?r hverjum texta til a? b?a til s?na eigin tilkynningu.
About er hlj??verk ?ar sem listama?urinn les eigin fr?ttatilkynningu. Hi? kunnulega listr?na or?r??a ver?ur ? t?mum ?vers?gn og illskynjanleg, en ? sama t?ma dregur upp greinilega l?singu ? listamanninum. Verki? hverfist um hin innbygg?a vanm?tt tungum?lsins sem t?l til a? l?sa eigin upplifun af listaverkum.
Vi?bur?urinn er hluti af Sequences VI Utandagskr?, www.sequences.is
Um Joey Syta:
In his practice, Syta appears to bridge the two traditions of art making – a highly site-specific staging indebted to minimalism which foregrounds spatial context and the viewer?s perception, and an anti-art strain beginning with Dada that questions the fundamental nature of the art object, both materially and as a categorical term. In truth, while evoking both of these idioms, his interests lie also in more metaphysical concerns – the creation of complex pictorial spaces and a recalling of more ancient purposes for art, which simultaneously tether the viewer to concrete reality while pointing to unknowable possibilities. The artist?s fantastical aesthetic is often contradictory in nature: revealing yet enigmatic, disquieting yet encouraging. It is matter anyone can relate to and everyone can understand. His consistent refusal to settle into a signature style is reflected in a malleable practice in which divergent bodies of work display an optimistic restlessness, revealing a playful and opened engagement with materiality.
