2005, Visual World, Reykjavík Art Museum-Hafnarhús
![In front; Japanese-Icelandic Garden, 2005, 600x400x50 cm. glass, gravel, metal.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,2675,3308,1600,3308/0-0-0/c883780c-3dfe-4e2f-b038-fd630f16215f/1/1/10+Visual+World%2C+2005%2C+view+of+the+exhibition+in+the+courtyard+at+the+Reykjavi%CC%81k+Art+Museum-Harbour+House.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=38e6a39bc4294d2cdde1627d1406f9af3e5834542832d093fdb271bed8fb227a)
Visual World, 2005, view of the exhibition in the courtyard at the Reykjavík Art Museum-Hafnarhús
![Japanese-Icelandic Garden, 2005, 600x400x50 cm. glass, gravel, metal.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,3473,2547,3473,1200/0-0-0/c294ad89-adb1-4a70-bd61-317d5d3812d5/1/1/syning12.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=a7b4f5e9ac90b74d0231c0f86db3c1bbea90dbde9034fba4f000a961d53db018)
Detail, Japanese-Icelandic garden
Visual World, installation view
![](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,1181,1772,1600,1772/0-0-0/008d0b8c-4a3e-4aed-93d0-277f70ba600a/1/1/13+Volcanos+II%2C+III%2C+IV%2C+2004%2C+193x31x23+cm.+183x34x28+cm+177x32x26+cm.+concrete%2C+glass+sand%2C+fiber+%282%29.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=eb253f12c2ab12899015264e6ed1eb739224174ed10578c18e594bf920c6034b)
Volcanos II, III, IV, 2004, 193x31x23 cm. 183x34x28 cm. 177x32x26 cm. concrete, glass, sand, fiber
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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.
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As if born from the deep dark,
your footprints in a confined glow
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trodden between pillars on the dim earth
![Sandlúrue I, II, III, IV, 2005, 4x45x9 cm. 4x40x8 cm. 5x41x11 cm. 4x42x11, glass](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,3504,2525,3504,1200/0-0-0/2ccb4a2f-ec47-4254-bfa5-afc6bee77175/1/1/syning+x1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=2aa5ed179938e952574752ad5e104ec51d6dace9db6f235a1d36f93ce7c7bbc9)
like peculiar hybrid creatures,
which nonetheless recall
![Sandlúrur IX, X, 2005, 10x18x18 cm. 8x13x13, glass](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,3485,2539,3485,1200/0-0-0/fa92c04e-ca6b-4738-bc54-94b11c28e201/1/1/syning2.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=bfbca79307db4ea124b9b0b9af46a3a69bc9f5b7e7e4da7ca41cf86c76f1920c)
the ordinary creatures of the deep
![Sandlúrur XI, XII, 2004, 24x18x18 cm. 23x16x16 cm. concrete, glass, sand](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,3500,2527,3500,1200/0-0-0/4f770061-95ce-48b2-af84-f5a9abdc13fd/1/1/syning3.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=508a2b1f7955c071975630a1e5c1be331589946b089db7e76f74d8463427c6d4)
From the prints burst forth
![Sandlúrur XIII,XIV, XV, XVI, 12x45x13 cm. 10x45x10 cm. 9x40x11 cm, 12x36x12 cm. concrete, glass, sand](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,3500,2527,3500,1200/0-0-0/07073c00-8951-420e-8a21-74e66225d763/1/1/syning4.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=508a2b1f7955c071975630a1e5c1be331589946b089db7e76f74d8463427c6d4)
Cones conches pure forms
![Sandlúrur XIX, XX, 2004, 17x40x15 cm. 18x49x15 cm. concrete, glass](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,3481,2542,3481,1200/0-0-0/46940f77-8019-48ae-bcdd-8f4bcdf8fffe/1/1/syning6.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=83864d394621f5c35ec242f726988674e12b6c9b212e05924b38dcccc2df3ab9)
Walk through the darkness, enter slowly
![Sandlúrur XXI, XXII, 2004, 22x45x22 cm. 25x50x25 cm. concrete, glass, sand](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,3444,2569,3444,1200/0-0-0/613b8144-41e6-4802-9243-73ab3e299170/1/1/syning10.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=4cf670741a6a4f983e522c013eb91032bdfd7c993e513ce4b059524edd2e1372)
the wonder of this work
![Sandlúrur XXIII, XXIV, 2004, 82x15x15 cm. 29x24x25 cm. concrete, glass, sand, fiber, color](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4f817e53-8922-459b-a3f2-b5e88eeef1f9/0/0/0/0,0,3500,2527,3500,1200/0-0-0/021b0406-ab8c-49e1-854e-33068da9c0a3/1/1/8+Sandlu%CC%81rur+XXIII%2C+XXIV+%C2%B404%2C+2004%2C+82x15x15+cm.+29x24x25+cm.+concrete%2C+glass%2C+sand%2C+fiber%2C+colour.jpg?fjkss=exp=2040648690~hmac=508a2b1f7955c071975630a1e5c1be331589946b089db7e76f74d8463427c6d4)
in that way
Text by Guðbergur Bergsson.