| video&sound
• music
• post-production Spectral Realms (2011) Experimental Documentary DeCore (aurae) : Eye Candy Series (2011) Silent Video Projection Rainbow (2011) Sound Installation Lucy (2009) Video/Music Installation I'm not here (2009) Silent Video Projection Hitra (2008) Silent Video Late Midlight Early Aftermoon (2007) Silent Video Projection Bunny (2006-2007) Multiple Video sketches Iris (2006) Video/Music Victoria (2006) Video/Music Margret (2005) Video/Music Stella (2004) Video/Music Installation Natalie (2004) Video/Music |
➝documentation preview Rainbow (2011) Sound Installation 10 min loop Installation view from the National Gallery of Iceland Rainbow is a sound installation made from of over 1000 recordings of a single voice singing in a monotone hum. Repeatedly I covered every note I could reach from the lowest to the highest tone and if one might imagine the musical note representing a color, I used the full color spectrum I have available in my body. The fragile voice gains strength as it is layered on top of each other, one by one, gradually increasing in volume and tension. Presented in two 5.1 surround systems, the sound travels around the almost completely dark space in circular motion becoming a thick mass of sound no longer recognizable as voice. ➝documentation preview  Rainbow (variation no. 1) (2011) site specific sound installation in window 30 min loop Installation view from the National Gallery of Iceland Presented with two sound exciters (transducer speakers) on glass, an amplifier and a media player in the National Gallery of Iceland, the transducer speakers were placed in a window in the space of the exhibition Áfangar / Strides showcasing a part of the museums collection of Icelandic art from the 20th and 21st century. As the viewer walked around the space of the exhibition voices from an unknown source filled the room and then went silent for a few minutes. The voices were the same as in part one but in less layers so the viewer could hear from what it was made. Here I played with the call of the voice where it offers no information but yet is not quite singing. It is not quite rhythmic nor harmonious in a musical sense thus not offering an emotional expression through cultural codes of cords. Also as one chases rainbows I played with the chase of the sound source but where actually there is nothing to catch or see. I placed the transducer speakers on the glass of the window where the sound reverberated, the glass and the architecture of the building becoming the speaker. The rainbow is a reoccurring element in my work. I like the contrasting elements of kitsch and spirituality with its connotation to the Bible and Greek mythology and the unearthly quality of the projected colors formed by light reflecting through water. The rainbow is usually seen from afar, impossible to reach or touch and yet no one doubts its existence. I'm inspired by things that exist in the outer world, that are immaterial and ethereal and resemble elements of the inner imaginary world. |