Reality Check in Landsvirkjun's power stations
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| Kristleifur Björnsson, Every Second Day, 2009 |
Landsvirkjun and the Reykjavík Arts Festival have collaborated to transfer the Reality Check exhibition to Landsvirkjun's power plants.
In recent years, the Reykjavik Arts Festival has focused on bringing items on its programme to rural areas. When the exhibition closes in Reykjavík city centre on 28 June, the photo exhibition will be moved to Landsvirkjun's power stations throughout Iceland.
Landsvirkjun believes it to be of great importance to open the company's installations to the public during the summer. During recent summers, six of the company's power stations have been open to the public, and thousands of visitors have taken the opportunity to find out about energy production from renewable energy sources.
Over the years, Landsvirkjun has invited a varied group of artists to exhibit their work in various parts of Iceland, and the Reality Check exhibition will be on display in the Landsvirkjun power stations that are open to tourists.
While Reality Check in Reykjavík city centre forms a certain route based on the Rúnturinn (circular route in the city centre that young people used to drive endlessly on weekends), Reality Check in rural Iceland will form a circular route reflecting the routes travelled by Icelandic and foreign tourists. The exhibition will begin on 3 July and last to 31 August in the following power stations:
- Búrfell Power Station
- Ljósafoss Power Station
- Blanda Power Station
- Laxá Power Station
- Krafla Power Station
- Végardur near Fljótsdalur Power Station
The curator is Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir, Art Historian. Her description of the exhibition states that it is intended, among other things, to provoke questions about the participation and co-operation of artists and companies, about power stations as venues for exhibitions on the periphery of culture, architectural history and nature: “When images are moved from the art space into non-traditional exhibition locations, they become challenging and provoke a reaction from spectators, who will hardly be able to ignore them. Questions also arise on the intervention and effect of images. What may be shown and where? What may be seen and what must be hidden? The images in the power stations are intended to continue to prompt discussion on the effects of art in public spaces”, says Æsa.
The contributors to the exhibition are: Daníel Thorkell Magnússon, Eggert Jóhannesson, Ieva Epnere, Ingvar Högni Ragnarsson, Kristleifur Björnsson, Silja Sallé, Spessi and Vigfús Sigurgeirsson.