INBOX/OUTBOX - Kunstprojekt in Djúpavík und Groningen (NL)

Working Phase in Djúpavík: 4th of May 4 till 7th of June
Exhibition in the Herring Factory: 7th of June till 15th of July
Vernissage: 7th of June, 15.00 h
Artists in Djúpavík: Emily Tamzen Norton (US), Sidsel Genee (NL), Aafke Weller (NL),
Arna Óttarsdóttir (IS), Adrien Tirtiaux (BE), Erla Silfá Thorgrímsdóttir (IS)

“The Djúpavík herring factory, figurehead of Iceland’s most dynamic industry, once made the European fishery sector green with envy. Today the redundant concrete property, wounded in its pride, grimly braves the bleak Icelandic elements. Factory workers and fishermen turned their backs on the place a long time ago and since then the Arctic Ocean, its water fished out in the 1950s, has taken it into possession. At the end of April 2009 a group of six international visual artists will be travelling to this northernmost part of Iceland. In solitude and in extreme conditions they are going to work there and conduct an artistic survey of the typical historic, geographic and ecological conditions in Djúpavík. Their survey will result in a number of installations and actions on location.

During their survey, the artists will report their findings to a documentation centre in SIGN, Groningen (NL), on a daytoday basis through a variety of media using all possible means of communication. In Groningen (NL) curator, filing and liaison artist Danielle van Zuijlen will map the unpredictable flow of data. She will question, complement and respond to the artists at work and put their information together. She will make it grow into an ongoing presentation at SIGN, mercilessly revealing not only the false tracks, sidepaths and artistic frictions, but also the lines and liaisons brought about by cooperation, by chance and through association.

At SIGN’s visitors will have an opportunity to keep track of the artists’ proceedings in Iceland and leave a message in real or digital form at www.inboxoutpost.in. Through the documentation centre messages can be sent to the artists!

Contact: inboxoutpost@gmail.com

Download the flyer here (PDF, ca. 150 kB)