Reality Check opens on Saturday
The exhibition Reality Check was a part of Reykjavík Arts Festival in Reykjavik city center from 15 May to 28 June 2010. It can be seen in six of our power stations.
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A photograph by Daníel Þorkell Magnússon from the
series Domicili, which can bee seen
at the Laxá Power Station |
These artists and photographers are represented at the exhibition:
- Daníel Þorkell Magnússon, Laxá Power Station
- Eggert Jóhannesson, Laxá Power Station
- Ieva Epnere, Ljósifoss Power Station
- Ingvar Högni Ragnarsson, Laxá Power Station
- Kristleifur Björnsson, Búrfell Power Station
- Silja Sallé, Végarður Visitor Center
- Spessi, Krafla Geothermal Power Station
- Vigfús Sigurgeirsson, Blanda Power Station
The power stations are open until 31 August.
Reality Check is a collaborative Project between Reykjavik Arts Festival and Landsvirkjun.
The curator, Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir, writes about the exhibition in the exhibition catalog: "When images are moved from the art space into the public realm, from the city centre into nature, a new context is born, new situations that have the ability to create strong reactions forcing people to look at works and places in a different way. The public space may appear to be neutral, but it is in fact as sensitive as the spectators themselves. What can be shown and where? Reality Check shows the work of contemporary artists and photographers who confront these questions and the exhibition aims to open up a discussion about the state of art in the public place."
The show was a part of a larger exhibition organized by the Reykjavik Art Festival in the city center of Reykjavik, where the focus was set on the diverse uses of photography and the mediums flickering nature between art, media and history. Now the exhibition is moved to Landsvirkjun´s power stations which are open to the public during the summertime.
Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir says further: "These places are not neutral, they form part of our economical and political history, as they trace a certain history of architecture in Iceland. Even though the works are not site-specific, they have in common that all are dealing with everyday environments, recent events, matters of fact that become matters of concern; the enchantment of the ordinary towards the extra-ordinary.
Where are the limits: the fine line that turns a snapshot into a work of art, a documentary into a new narrative, a press-photo into a statement? Where are the borders between aesthetics, narration, commentary and realism?"
