HORIZONIC: Unfolding Space through Sound Art

Group exhibition, 19/5 - 30/6, 2012 at LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland

Sound installation - 30 colour photographs of ice in a line, 3 speakers and 3 sound tracks. 3 colour photographs. 1 colour photograph of ice.

HORIZONIC WEB PAGE

LÁ ART MUSEUM WEB PAGE

EXPLORE SOUNDS AT SOUNDCLOUD

Organized by:

With support:

HORIZONIC is an innovative project including sound and visual arts exploring an emerging field in contemporary art, taking account of the prominent place that sound as a medium has taken among Nordic artists of all hues. This touring exhibition is organized by ARTnord and accompanied by a special issue. The aim of the project is to discover an active, committed and unusual sound art scene from the extreme North Atlantic fringes. HORIZONIC focuses on the Northern fringes of the Nordic countries, highlighting artistic practices rooted in this particular geographical and cultural environment. Nordic artists share their experience of isolated territories, open expanses and a scattered population, rediscovering space through their personal perception of soundscapes and original sound experiments. Whether they amplify the perception of a place, render a new type of silence or speak in unheard voices from the living realm, the works gathered for this exhibition help rediscover space through the experience of sound. The selected artists are: Amund Sjølie Sveen, Åsa Stjerna, Catrin Andersson, Dodda Maggy´, Elin Øjen Vister, Goodiepal, Halldór Úlfarsson, Iben Mondrup, Jessie Kleemann and Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir/Kira Kira. Associated with Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Svalbard and the Norwegian North, these artists have all developed a common interest for the acoustic quality of their territories, and thus have initiated an gripping new phenomenon, symbolized by the Arctic horizon. The curators: Ásdís Ólafsdóttir holds a PhD in Art History from Paris University 1, she works as Curator, Director of ARTnord and Administrator of Maison Louis Carré by Alvar Aalto in France Emeline Eudes holds a PhD in Aesthetics, Sciences and Technologies of the Arts from Paris University 8; she is Editor-in-Chief of ARTnord Scenographer: Dorothée Nourisson is a graphic designer and Creative director of ART nord. She has done several scenographies of exhibitions in France and abroad Special advisor: Goran Vejvoda, Sound artist, Paris Curatorial board: Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir (former Director, Fogo Island Arts Corporation, Canada), Carl Michael von Hausswolff (Sound artist and curator, Sweden), Y´rr Jónasdóttir (Director, Ystads Konstmuseum, Sweden), Inga Jónsdóttir (Director, LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland), Anne Hilde Neset (Director, Ny Musikk, Oslo and Contributing Editor, The Wire, London), Jérôme Rémy (Artistic Director, Les Boréales Festival, Caen, France). Press: Alison Gorel Le Pennec

Installation view, LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland - OUT THERE #8, 2010

Sound installation - OUT THERE (IN THIS WORLD), 2010

Installation view, LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland - BEYOND THE HORIZON (STATE) #4, #3, #5. 2010 (From left)

OUT THERE #8, 2010

<< back