AKUREYRARVAKA 2007
Minou Norouzi
VideoVaka II
25.08. 2007
15:00 - 19:00
Á Akureyrarvöku munum við sýna 24 alþjóðleg videoverk.
Þessi videoverk hafa einnig verið sýnd í Nýlistasafninu (CCA) í Glasgow 2007 undir stjórn sömu sýningarstjóra.
Fyrri Hluti:
Identity - Tiago Medeira (2007,12 min.) Portugal
Short Tragedy - Susanna Marques (2002, 8 min.) Protugal
True love will find you in the end - Agnar Hólm Daníelsson (2005, 6 min.) Iceland
Where there's smoke, there's fire - Isaque Pinheiro /Rute Rosas (2004, 3 min.) Portugal.
Eye to hand to eye - Yen Fong Ling (2006, 5 min.) UK
Romantika - Magnús Helgason (2006, 4 min.) Iceland
Baby Marleena - Erica Eyres (2006, 5 min.) Canada
Stella - Dodda Maggy (2004, 6 min.) Iceland
Margrét - Dodda Maggy (2005, 3 min.) Iceland
Curated by Raquel Mendes and Jóna Hlíf Halldórsdóttir
Seinni Hluti:
'Gay?', Jean-Gabriel Periot, 2000, 2 mins
'Visible / Invisible', Lena Nix, 2006, 4 mins 30 secs
'IMAGO', Minou Norouzi, 2006, 7 mins 50 secs
'The Speech of Reason', Erica Scourti, 2006, 3 mins 12 secs
'Even if she had been a criminal…', Jean-Gabriel Periot, 2006, 9 mins
'Kenya Massacre', Niels Bonde, 2006, 1 mins 17 secs
'Oxymoron', Jack Southern, 2003, 3 mins 21 secs
'Fastfood', Anne Guest, 2006, 1 min 11 secs
'Machine Poem #5', Ian Nesbitt, 2006, 4 mins 4 secs
'They Spoke Softly', McCormack + Gent, 2006, 3 mins 47secs
'Magic Wand', Chris Henry Clarke, 2003, 4 mins 15 secs
'At Sea', Kristina Kvalvik, 2006, 4 mins
'Good Morning At Night', NaoKo TakaHashi, 2005, 10 mins 46 secs
'Rainstorm', Akiko and Masako Takada, 2004, 1 min 53 secs
'Mudchute', Owen Oppenheimer, 2001, 9 mins
Curated by Helen de Main and Maj Hasager
Isaque Pinheiro / Rute Rosas
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
2004 Portúgal
"This film has a very sensual approach to a superior bond where physical contact never takes place but is suggested. A pure act of give and take takes place."
Isaque Pinheiro (1972, Lisbon, Portugal)
He is a self-taught artist that has developed his expression
in sculpture, installation and recently video.
He is showing his work on a regular basis since the year
2001 and has shown all over the world including places like
Chile, Spain, Norway, Brazil, and Portugal.
Rute Rosas (1972, Oporto, Portugal)
She has studied Sculpture at the University of Fine Arts in
Oporto, and developed her studies into a Masters in multimedia
arts. Her actual practice is now as a multidisciplinary artist who
works in video, performance and sculpture.
She has been showing her work regularly since the year 2000 and
has accomplished a net of international contacts (Germany, Brazil,
Spain). She is also a lecturer and a teaching assistant in the
Sculpture course of the University of Fine Arts in Oporto
Erica Eyres
Baby Marleena
2006 Glasgow
"It tells a story about a girl that was born different, she was half a mairmaid. Therefore, she had to be kept in water all time. However, her mother embrace the event and made profit of the difference. "
Erica Eyres (1980, Canada )
She received a Master of Fine Art from the Glasgow School of
Art in 2004. She works with sculpture and drawings but mainly
with video. Her videos are based on fictional documentaries and
characters that are all played by herself.
Since the year 2003, she has been showing her work on a
regular bases.
Dodda Maggy
Margrét
2004 Iceland
"She composes the music that is used in her videos and creates female characters based on personal experience. In this video she tries to objectify the female body without degrading it to a status of a mere object. "
Dodda Maggy (1981, Keflavik, Iceland )
She is currently studying in a Master of Fine Art course in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
She has been showing her work since 2001. She has been
working with the National Icelandic Dance Team
as a composer and video artist.
