March 2nd 2024
15:00
Four openings
Exhibitors:
Erla S. Haraldsdóttir My Mother ´ s dream
Kristinn Már Pálmason Kaþarsis
Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir
Hrafnkell Sigurðsson Antenna
On March 2nd we open four exhibitions of accomplished Icelandic artists Erla S. Haraldsdóttir, Kristinn Már Pálmason, Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir and Hrafnkell Sigurðsson.
They each present new and recent works, some of which are created especially for the exhibitions, only a few have been shown in Iceland before. It is therefore a special honour and delight for the LÁ Art Museum to be able to invite its visitors to enjoy the exhibitions.
The works of the exhibitions are created in different media, originating in various practices. However, they are strongly connected through the artists´ use of symbolism in their approach to make visible that what belongs on the edge of the explainable, the visible and possibly the perceptible, an edge that contains elements that are not obvious at a first glance, just outside of the five senses of understanding and perception most of us define as human senses. It depends entirely on our individual experiences how many dimensions of the senses we consider as our ability to experience the world and ourselves with, and in which ways we enhance and nurture that ability. These important aspects of the human experience form the basis of the colourful and dynamic works of the exhibition and invite museum visitors on a journey at the edge of copious side worlds.
March 2nd 2024
15:15
Performance by Mikael Lind
Mikael Lind is a composer of experimental ambient music, currently residing in Reykjavik, Iceland. He has got three full-length releases under his belt, as well as a number of digital releases, and he recently earned a Master’s degree in electronic music production from the University of Edinburgh.
Mikael’s music is often based around simple themes that gradually evolve into more complex creations, where sounds and textures are given enough space to slowly introduce themselves, expand, and finally be manipulated into something different. There’s a certain minimalism and sparseness in the choice of instruments, but not in how these instruments are treated. A simple piano line might be carefully developed into a full ambient orchestration with the help of electronic techniques of sound manipulation.
Mikael enjoys the cold climate of the North, and gets inspired by symmetries in his environment, as well as by man-made buildings or artefacts that gradually change and deteriorate due to the forces of nature. He finds beauty in both the simple and the sublime, and this is something that his music wants to express. Complexity – when properly understood – is a wonderful thing, but should never be an end in itself.
Photo: In Mengi 2022. Visuals by Sigga Björg.