2005, Visual World, Reykjavík Art Museum-Hafnarhús
Visual World, 2005, view of the exhibition in the courtyard at the Reykjavík Art Museum-Hafnarhús
Detail, Japanese-Icelandic garden
Visual World, installation view
Volcanos II, III, IV, 2004, 193x31x23 cm. 183x34x28 cm. 177x32x26 cm. concrete, glass, sand, fiber
Each mountain consists of 12 units, put together around the structural columns in hall B. The units are made from solid reinforced concrete blocks, measuring 250x230x230 cm. in height and each mountain has a different texture, shades of grey and colours.
The sealing was lowered with black cloth, rays of lights came through small holes and lit up small creatures travelling between the mountains on its way to the courtyard. The creatures were made of glass, concrete and sand and the size ranged from; 4x20x59 cm. to 82x15x15 cm.
The author Guðbergur Bergsson wrote the text for this installation.
As if born from the deep dark,
your footprints in a confined glow
trodden between pillars on the dim earth
like peculiar hybrid creatures,
which nonetheless recall
the ordinary creatures of the deep
From the prints burst forth
Cones conches pure forms
Walk through the darkness, enter slowly
the wonder of this work
in that way
Text by Guðbergur Bergsson.