Time Has Come is the title for the tenth Sequences art biennale, held between 15-24 October 2021. The title is a reference to the ephemeral social space which the festival makes for itself each time. This year’s festival includes diverse artists’ dialogue, with their environment, history or other artists. Dialogue is by nature defined by …
/ CREATION / DESTRUCTION / is the title for the exhibition of Sequences X which takes place at The Living Art Museum and Kling & Bang at The Marshall House. The title seeks inspiration in the lecture of artist Sigurður Guðmundsson, TIME, from 1969, and can be found in the festival’s catalogue: The phenomenon of …
/ CREATION / DESTRUCTION / is the title for the exhibition of Sequences X which takes place at The Living Art Museum and Kling & Bang at The Marshall House. The title seeks inspiration in the lecture of artist Sigurður Guðmundsson, TIME, from 1969, and can be found in the festival’s catalogue: The phenomenon of …
5 minutes. Always only 5 minutes until. Abundance in the restraints of a cycle, overflow of everything only 5 minutes away. Just arrived, almost there. Always only 5 minutes until. I move away in abundance. Instead of being an efficient vessel for construction, who receives and delivers right away, I undergo the current. A rushing …
The piece PUTI is a social choreography that reflects hyperreality, racial roles and hierarchy by referencing an 8-hour workday. Unreliable narrators at best, our voices speak of diaspora-of people experiencing constant displacement, renovation and salvaging heritage in the face of cultural loss. With an unapologetically unabashed honesty and vulnerability, the collective addresses issues, but not …
Helena Jónsdóttir premieres the video work JOURNEY for Sequences X. In French, ‘jour’ means ‘day’ and ‘ajour’ means aperture: a slit that lets in daylight. ‘Ney’, the final part of the word ‘journey’, means ‘consolation’ in Hebrew, or ‘huggun’ in Icelandic. When we are going through a difficult process, we can find some comfort with each passing day on our journey. But, ‘Rétt …
Freyja Reynisdóttir uses her work to conduct performative experiments in the search for subjective “Truths“, deeming the artistic experience suitable for communication regarding the undefined yet tangible in our perceptions and understanding of the self or our supposed shared reality. Freyja approaches her subjects through her own writing. She creates formulas and recipes, objects, drawings, …
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