Swiss artists Livia Salome Gnos and Stephan Perrinjaquet have stayed in the Nordurgata residency since December 2012. They will conclude the residency with an open studio on Saturday January 5, from 5-8 pm. Stephan aka Dollar Mambo works in Seydisfjordur on a new album project. He’s using acoustic sounds and electronics. During this one month residency, he used audio material recorded in Tvsongur installation, and do collaborate with the people and artists living here in Seydisfjordur. Singing, percussions, and saxophone… Livias visual work belongs to what we can see. But how to define the borders between reality and abstraction ? […]
Articles by: Tinna
The Shades of Blue
– A videoscreening Jan. 5th from 16:00-20:00 at the Bookshop – projectspace Mariko Takahashi has been an artist in residence at Skaftfell – Hóll for the months of November, December and until mid January. “I am interested in the sense of being out of reality, such as numbness, dream or euphoria. Often with the use of visual (moving image, light) and audio in a specific space, I aim to reach these states. In order to do so, I need to know what I want to escape from. I need to know about reality and how I recognize something as real. […]