UNCERTAIN MATTER
AUDIO-INSTALLATION, VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND SETTINGS IN ICELAND.
THE SOUNDSCAPE UNCERTAIN MATTER WAS PLAYED OUT IN THE LIVINGROOM OF A FAMILY HOME WITH PANORAMIC VIEW OF MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA, IN A GREEN HOUSE, AS AN WALK AND AS A SOUNDTRACK TO A VIDEO RECORDING.
2016-2017, EXHIBITED IN ICELAND WITH OUTVERT ART SPACE & ARTSICELAND (ISAFJORDUR), AT NORDIC HOUSE (REYKJAVIK) AND WITH DEIGLAN GALLERY (AKUREYRI), ELLA BERTILSSON & ULLA JUSKE, SUPPORTED BY NORDIC CULTURE POINT’S NORDIC -BALTIC MOBILITY PROGRAMME.
SOUNDSCAPE 20:08 MIN DURATION, COLLABORATION WITH GEORGE BRENNAN.
AUDIO WALK
UNCERTAIN MATTER
2017, NORDIC HOUSE, REYKJAVIK.
AUDIO WALK WITH SOUNDSCAPE, APPROX 30 MIN AROUND A NATURE RESERVE AND THE EDGE OF THE CITY, PARTICIPANTS WERE PROVIDED WITH MP3 PLAYERS AND HEADPHONES AT THE NORDIC HOUSE.
VIDEO RECORDING
UNCERTAIN MATTER WAS PLAYED AS A SOUNDTRACK TO A VIDEO RECORDING OF THE VIEW FROM A WINDOW IN ISAFJORDUR, DEIGLAN GALLERY, AUKUREYRI, ICELAND.
PRESS RELEASE
‘TIME ITSELF IS AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT, I DON’T REALLY WANT TO CALL IT THE CURRENTS OF EVENTS BECAUSE I DON’T THINK THAT’S QUITE RIGHT. I FEEL LIKE TIME IS BRINGING WINDS OF CHANGE, SOME KIND OF CHANGE, PROCESSES ARE GOING ON, THINGS ARE HAPPENING FROM ONE STAGE TO ANOTHER. IT’S REALLY HARD TO GET A GOOD GRASP OF IT, I DON’T THINK ANYONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT IT IS.’
(EXCERPT FROM SOUNDSCAPE).
UNCERTAIN MATTER EXPLORES BOUNDARIES BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION, CHALLENGE THE PERCEPTION OF TIME, OUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE AND FUTURE WITHIN IT. THE NARRATIVE IS BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS, ASTROPHYSICISTS AND BOTANISTS FROM REYKJAVIK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE STORY THAT UNFOLDS GIVES A PERSONAL INSIGHT TO THE THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS OF THE PEOPLE THE ARTISTS HAVE SPOKEN TO. UNCERTAIN MATTER HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN VARIOUS WAYS AND LOCATIONS TO ENABLE THE PARTICIPANTS TO EXPERIENCE THE PASSAGE OF TIME IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS.