Information about the event
Artist talk I Vestur í bláinn
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Location of event: In the library space at Gerðuberg
Max participants: 10
Coffee will be served.
Ewa Marcinek´s art piece Second skin is a whole body suit made from yellow rubber gloves stitched together using medical suture protects your delicate human composition from any harsh, harmful or simply unpleasant reality in a new country. Inspired by Wiola Ujazdowska’s explorations of the universe of female migrant workers in Iceland.
Ewa Marcinek will present her piece at the library in Gerðuberg with Claire Paugam, co-curator of Vestur í bláinn, who will present the project.
The talk will be held in English and is free of charge.
About Ewa Marcinek
Ewa is a Polish artist, writer and producer living in Reykjavik. She is a co-founder of Ós Pressan, a multilingual writing collective and publishing group, and the international theatre company Reykjavík Ensemble. In her work Ewa plays with memories, identities and private stories.
www.ewamarcinek.com
About Claire Paugam
Claire is a French artist living in Reykjavik (b.1991), her artworks have been exhibited in various institutions in Iceland and abroad. Claire is a board member of the Living Art Museum and received this year the Motivational Award 2020 from the Icelandic Art Prize for her powerful contribution to art this year.
www.clairepaugam.com
About the project Vestur í bláinn
Julius Pollux started Vestur í bláinn as an experimental music project, which combines voices of immigrants and refugees in Iceland with his own musical take on the subject.
Claire Paugam and Julius Pollux then teamed up to expand the project into an art exhibition and elevate political concerns within a poetic perspective, encouraging a humanistic and empathetic look on people’s stories, situations, emotions and backgrounds.
Local artists were invited to engage in a dialogue with the music pieces by creating the ten artworks that are presented in this exhibition.
The exhibition takes place in ten public locations in Reykjavík from September 3rd to September 30th 2020.
Further information on the exhibition program :
Website of Vestur í bláinn
For further information:
Claire Paugam: clapaugam@hotmail.fr