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About Björk Viggósdottir - Björk Viggósdóttir
Björk Viggósdóttir (b. 1982) lives and works in Reykjavik. She obtained a BA degree in visual arts from Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2006 and is currently pursuing a MA degree in applied cultural media studies at the University of Iceland. She has held solo exhibitions in Iceland and abroad as well as participated in several group exhibitions in USA , Europe, Asia, South America. Björk Viggósdóttir has had a solo exhibitions in Gallery Þoka 2013, Reykjavk Art Museum 2011 and Hafnarborg The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art 2013.
In her Artwork Björk works in different media and combine them together so the viewer can use all their senses to experience the artwork. In her previous works Viggósdóttir has sought to create installations that evoke certain perceptions of space. They often require viewer participation and encourage them to retreat from logic thinking and the tangible reality and unleash their imagination. the Björk frequently collaborates with composers, musicians and dancers in her exhibitions.
In my installations I aim to capture and activate the viewers imagination and make them
participate in my artwork with senses and consciousness in the space I create to encourage the audience to use all their senses.
I work in different medium to conjure the magic of the installations and the concepts Im working with. I use everyday concepts and bring them to other dimensions by creating for them new perspectives and settings.
When I work with so many mediums its the fine tune of the harmony that maters, so the installation captures life of its own and works for the senses of the viewer.
In my music I compose visually I try to make the sound of the installation, image or concept I'm working with.
The music captures the spirits of the installations and start to making images with sounds. In my music I play live sounds I record live, using small instruments and my voice like an instrument. The sound is created to work like Synesthesia to the listeners brain.
I play live, really rarely.
In her work, Björk Viggósdóttir uses various elements to engage the finest sensitivity of the senses to appeal to viewers’ imaginations. Björk’s work often carries a lyrical quality and her use of symbols is purposeful.
Björk often assembles multiple and diverse media that become an installation with an uncanny aspect where imaginations are given free rein. During the exhibition period, Björk refreshes her installation with staged live performances when performers interact with the components and thus changing the environment, giving the installation an altered appearance.
Björk Viggósdóttir (b. 1982) lives and works in Reykjavík. She has participated in group exhibitions here in Iceland and overseas. Björk has been involved in numerous projects since 2006 after she graduated from Iceland Academy of the Arts. Some of the selected projects are the dance piece Fresh Meat that she collaborated with dancer Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir, shown in London and Iceland (2009); sound installation Soundscape at MMX gallery in Berlin (2010). In 2009, she has also exhibited her video work at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York and took part in the Reykjavík Art Festival. Few of her videos where featured as part of the backdrop in the staging of Greek tragedy The Bacchae at the National Theatre of Iceland in 2006.
Í innsetningum mínum leitast ég við að virkja áhorfandann með ýmsum hætti og gera hann að þáttakanda í verkum mínu. Viðfangsefni mín eru fyrst og fremst upplifunin á einhverjum tilteknum aðstæðunum sem ég reyni að skapa og þar með ýta undir skynjun eða meðvitund áhorfandans á því rými sem viðkomandi er staddur í.
Viðfangsefni mín hverju sinni eru fjölbreytt en leikurinn á milli raunveruleikans og óraunveruleikans eru mér gjarnan hugleikin. Hvar eru þessi mörk? Og hvernig við upplifum þessi skil á ólíkan hátt? Eru einhver mörk?
Verk mín krefjast oft þátttöku áhorfandans þar sem ég reyni að hvetja þá til að hörfa frá rökvísum hugsunum og á hinum áþreifanlega raunveruleika og gefa ímyndunaraflinu lausan tauminn.
Ég leik mér að togstreitunni á milli hins efnislega og hins andlega með því að skapa sterka sjónræna upplifun. Til þess vinn ég með fjölmarga miðla sem ég blanda saman og fínstilli eftir tilfinningu í þann samhljóm sem ég er að leitast eftir hverju sinni. Einnig hef ég oft á tíðum sótt í samstarf með nútíma dönsurum ásamt öðrum flytjendum sem ég fæ til að hreyfa við innsetningum mínum og leggja mark sitt á rýmið.
Ég notast aðalega við video og hljóðvinnslu ásamt því sem ég geri skúlptúra og tvívíð verk sem saman skapa rýmisverkið. Tæknilegar útfærslu og uppsetningar geta verið afar tímafrek að undanskildri fínstillingunni sem krefst næmni og tíma svo að allir miðlar njóti sín.
Þegar unnið er með svona marga miðla og samstilling efnis, lita, forma, hljóma verður rétt stillt lifnar verkið við og býr til töfrarandi upplifun. Galdur upplifuninnar og krafturinn sem myndast þegar allir miðlarnir mynda þennan samhljóm verða eins hljóðfæraleikarar skynjunarinnar.
Björk Viggósdóttir b. 1982 Contact Email: bjorkviggos@gmail.com Tel:354 6988224 Skype : bjorkviggos Björk Viggósdóttir b. 1982 Björk Viggós...
Still Life Exhibition Kunstschlager / Reykjavík Art Museum 2015 porcelain sculptures
Grúska Babúska / Fram
Video by Björk Viggósdóttir
Að bjarga heiminum / Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri / 2015
Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein 2015 Kunstverein Schichtwechsel Sails The horizon where the storms stays, sails without the ship, hoist the sails let them float...
Collaborative art-exhibition between Björk Viggósdóttir and Arna Guðný Valsdóttir in Salur Myndlistafélagsins / Akureyri / Iceland 2015
Tropicalia / Eiðistorgi / Kunstschlager / Reykjavik Iceland 2015
Interactive exhibition made by 140 children of Leikskólinn Miðborg in collaboration with the artist Björk Viggósdóttir In Reykjavík Art Museum / Kjarvalstaðir 2015...
Pendulum & Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1
Pendulum & Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1 Sequences off Venue / Studio Algera / Reykjavik 2015 Colours // 3 Telekinesis // 1 from Björk Viggósdóttir on Vimeo. C...
is a interactive studio work seminar by Björk Viggósdóttir and Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir We work with different media. Music, video, poems, sound, theatre, pe...
Sjáðu/ LO / Örvarpið / Valin verk / Bíó Paradís / Iceland Sjáðu / LO / Mucho Grandi / Reykjavík Iceland. Sjáðu / LO / Björk Viggósdóttir / Ragnheiður Harpa ...
Snow / Microscope Nordic House Christmas Calendar
Nordic House 2014 I wrote a lecture about the snow and performed a song
Icelandic Art Museum 2014 Samhljómur / permanent Installation / Listasafn íslands / Icelandic Artmuseum / Reykjavík / Iceland.
COMPOSITION - SAMSETNING / Ásmundarsafn REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM 2014 Text about the exhibition here
GRAVITY CIRCULAR MOTION / Hafnarborg The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art /Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður / Iceland 2013 G...
UNSEEN / GALLERY ÞOKA BJÖRK VIGGÓSDÓTTIR 14.06 – 06.07.2013 REYKJAVÍK / ICELAND Björk Viggósdóttir rannsakar kraft hins óséða í sýningu sinni sem op...
Test ,,Drawing with fabric,,
TEST/ Zinkovy International Arts Festival / Zinkovy / Czech Republic 2012 Drawing with fabric.
KITES / Flugdrekar / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland 2011 D22 Björk Viggósdóttir Flugdrekar 24. nóvember 2011 – 8. janúar ...
Colours Kunstraum ortloff Leipzig Germany 2013
STRING KING SIZE GALLERY Leipzig Germany Festisvall exhibition 2013.
Colours Video projection in Kunstraum ortloff Leipzig Germany 2013
SEASEA /NETANÁLAR / Parlor show / Reykjavik Iceland 2013
EARDRUM / ARTÍMA / Festisvall / Reykjavik Iceland 2013
NETANÁLAR / Living Art Museum / Reykjavík / Iceland 2013 6. bindið - Þakka þér fyrir allt sem þú hefur kennt mér / Reykjavik Iceland 2013
Take No signal was an exhibition in Sequences Art Festival / Off venue exhibition 2013. Video
UNIT / Children Art Festival / Reykjavik Iceland 2013
Gravity Circular Motion / Dance Performence
GRAVITY CIRCULAR MOTION / Dance performance in collaboration with Katla Thor / Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður / Iceland 2012
I MAKE SOUNDSCAPE FOR ALL MY INSTALLATIONS I DO SOUND POEMS & VISUALS. 2013 Iceland Airwaves 30 Oktober 20.00 Kaldalón Harpa YATRA ARTS Höfnin Hljómar ...
OLOGY / AMSTEL / AMSTERDAM / Netherland 2012 https://www.amstel41.info/ http://o-l-o-g-y.com/welcome/
TÓM/ Æringur / Frystiklefinn Rifi / Rif Iceland 2012 Instillation in collaboration with Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir. Old freezer of what used to be a fish fac...
KÍNA / VEISLA / Yunnan Contemporary / Kunming / China 2012 To see the video click here
BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Ingólfstorg / Reykjavik Iceland 2012 BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland 2012 BOAT & PLAIN INSTALLATION ...
MONSTERS / Laugardalslaug Swimmingpool Reykjavik Iceland 2012
2012 LAMPYRIDAE / Kvik myndlist í Apótekinu / Video / Hafnarborg / Hafnarfjörður Iceland. 2011 LAMPYRIDAE /Supermarket art fair /with KNIPSU Gallery. Stockholm ...
Movement Of The Kites
MOVEMENSTS OF THE KITES / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland in collabortation with Sigríður Soffía Níelsddóttir 2011. Movements O...
Soundscape / Circadian Light Room
SOUNDSCAPE ( CIRCADIAN Light Room) in collaboration with Rebecca Loyche / MMX / Berlin 2010 MMX: "Circadian"- Light Therapy Installation returns to Berlin....
LINE / Crymo, Reykjavik, Iceland 2010
PIANO Chelsea Art Museum Brooklyn, New York ( Visual Video / Piano),2009 in collaboration with Caroline Mallonee and Eric Huebner.
LOW/ Sequences Festival / Icelandic Art Museum 2009 Reykjavik Iceland. in collabortation with Sigríður Soffía Níelsddóttir.
Before Sundown / Exact Moment
BEFORE SUNDOWN / GRASRÓT / Hjalteyri ( Verksmiðjan)Iceland 2008.
WEARING WEATHER ICELANDIC ART FESTIVAL Listahátíð, Reykjavík, Nordic House / Iceland 2009. Collaboration with choreographer Sigríður Soffía Níelsd...
Images from the bookwork Drumsolo 2008 ( Trommusóló) Lortur Lortur is an informal and ever-changing group of artists, filmmakers, writers, theater p...
FRESH MEAT/ Rose Theatre / London England 2010 FREASH MEAT/ Theatre Art festival 2009 / Reykjavik Iceland / Collaboration with choreographer Sigríður S...
Reverse / Moment / verse
REVERSE / MOMENT / VERSE/ SEQUENCES Nordic House 2008
BANG BANG BANG & HAND & GUNS
BANG BANG BANG & HAND & GUNS i8 GALLERY / Under The Stairs / Reykjavík 2007
THE NATIONAL THEATER OF ICELAND & i8 GALLERY / 12 video’s for The National Theater of Iceland for the Greek play „Bakkynjur” ( Bakkyes) written by Evrípedes. Giorgo...
TAKYU /Reykjavík Art Museum Reykjavík / Iceland 2006
THE WAY / Gallery Goldfloor / Reykjavik Icelnd 2005
BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Ingólfstorg / Reykjavik Iceland 2012 BOAT & PLAIN / 4:3 / Reykjavik Art Museum / Hafnarhús / Reykjavik Iceland 2012 BOAT & PLAIN INSTALLATION ...