Fifty Plants for Peace

Fifty Plants for Peace

Fifty Plants for Peace

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Fifty Plants for Peace

Ljósmynd af bleiku blómi. Ramminn er þröngur og bakgrunnurinn er almennur : Blár himinn, fáein ský – við þekkjum ekki staðinn. Þetta gæti verið hvar sem er. Hvenær sem er. 
 
Í lok maí árið 2011 gaf Íslenska-japanska félagið Reykjavíkurborg fimmtíu kirsuberjatré sem gróðursett voru í Hljómskálagarðinum. Gjöfin táknaði ævarandi vináttu og frið milli Japans og Íslands. 

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Vegetation

Vegetation

Vegetation

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Vegetation

At the edge of growth, where apple-trees are like crippled bonsais in an over-ambitious garden- at the sore marge of the covering verdure, at the beginning of the desert, the open wound addresses us.

Violet, pink, yellow, and green war-herbs challenge the desolation. Assertive plants that act as an army towards the enemies of our bodies. They’ll wreak havoc if they’re not challenged themselves and allowed to go on. Or what?

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Installation view

Songbirds

Songbirds

Songbirds

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Songbirds

Cuba is a country cloaked in an intriguing mystery, a place of cultural richness and political restriction. Its history is complex, and the isolation entwined in that history is equally compelling. When contemplating the confinement surrounding Cuba, the image of a caged songbird is brought to mind, relating both to Cuba’s tourists and its residents. We can all connect to this isolation in a universal sense today, our current global predicament causing so many of us to feel trapped and caged, no matter the country. While Cuba once felt unique in its restrictions, today it is a haunting new normal across the globe.

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Silent spring

Silent spring

Silent spring

In the exhibition, Lilja Birgisdóttir, Hertta Kiiski and Katrín Elvarsdóttir invoke a tender, coaching warmth towards environments neglected and at the brink of loss. By focusing in on the beauty in the found, in the renewed, they hope to awaken an urgent appreciation for the delicate state our deteriorating world is in. Working in the face of climate change, these three artists employ the photographic medium and a sculptural, sensory focus to environments which call for a nurturing attention.

The artists work in collaboration and yet singularly, their thought-processes distinct yet subtly intertwined. Using elements of smell, sound, and physicality, the exhibition space is experienced in a fully sensory fashion, connecting us to our natural environment, colorful and alive. There, these three artists call attention to the implications of our wasteful practices.

Daría Sól Andrews

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