Iceland

2012-14

Works resulting from a four week residency at the Bær Arts Center in the North of Iceland over the summer of 2012. Exhibited at Vessel Gallery, Oakland in 2014 as part of the solo exhibition "Pareidolia".

The Book of Drangey

2014

Driftwood, plastic flotsam with scrimshaw, Icelandic horse-hair, steel flotsam, out of date iPhone, video and sound. H 14.5” x 12.5” x 2”.

This piece is based on a hand carved ivory compass and astrolabe abandoned on the shores of Iceland by a 17th century Mediterranean navigator and now on display at the Museum of Iceland. The “Book of Drangey” is made entirely from materials at hand onsite where the video was made - even the iPhone was with me!

The video is a 24-hour timelapse taken of the island of Drangey across the fjord of Skagafjörður. The sound is created on an Aoelian banjo made from driftwood, fishing line and farm hardware. The metal plate maps the line of the sun’s path across the sky at the time of the work, with the small nails locating the hours of the day.

You can view the video by clicking here.

The Book of Kerling

2014

Video, archival digital print on plywood. 14” x 45.5” x 1.5”.

Kerling (the crone) is a tall pillar of rock close to the island of Drangey in Skagafjörður. The legend has it that Kerling and her husband Karl were two trolls who were leading their cow across the fjord when they were caught by the rising sun and frozen into stone.  The video is a 24-hour timelapse by telephoto. Each frame of the video has been processed using the same digital technique that was used to make the surrounding print. 

You can view the video by clicking here.


The Book of Dettifoss

2014

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Found dory hull and video. Installation view, Vessel Gallery.

The energy of the powerful Icelandic falls of Dettifoss is captured in the small video imbedded in the found and weathered and dory hull.

You can view the video by clicking here.

Fragments

2014

Digital pigment prints on paper. Each print 22” x 22”.

A series of digital print triptychs developed from images of fragments of the Icelandic landscape.