In her exhibition, Future Fragments, Þorgerður combines new artworks created in relation to specific artefacts from the collection of the National Museum of Iceland. These objects are unearthed remains from the contemporary past, something that Þorgerður categorises as núminjar (e. present-heritage or now-remains).
The project dates back to a field trip in 2014, when Þorgerður assisted during an excavation in Mývatnssveit, North Iceland. The exhibition also includes artworks from her research project in relation to the island of Surtsey, which was recently published in the book Island Fiction.
Visitors are invited to see artefacts discovered in nature that are intertwined with our collected being and influence in the world that go beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Moreover, the exhibition plants the seeds of a Future Collection - an Archive of Future Artefacts, or an assemblage of phenomena, objects and symbols related to the Anthropocene. They appear to us through the conglomeration of culture, nature and minerals, challenging conventional ideas of what is culture and what is nature.
The artworks presented in the exhibition and in this catalogue, sum up a decade long artistic research and visual exploration, where Þorgerður has gathered various unruly objects that redefine and reconstruct our preconceived notions of what heritage of the future might be.
Brot úr framtíð
/ Future Fragments
The National Museum of Iceland
Bogasalur / Arch Hall
08.06 - 10.11.2024
Exhibition committee
Bryndís Erla Hjálmarsdóttir
Kristján Mímisson
Þóra Pétursdóttir
Exhibition design in collaboration with Garðar Eyjólfsson
With contributions from Relics of Nature and The Archaeological Institute of Iceland
Graphic design by Studio-Studio
Exhibition documentation by Vigfús Birgisson &
Ívar Brynjólfsson
The exhibition was part of Reykjavík Arts Festival 2024
Language of Climate Crisis November 8 - 9, 2024
On the occasion of exhibition, a two day symposium was held in the museum, organised by Relics of Nature.
Speakers in alphabetical order
Andri Snær Magnason (keynote speaker)
Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir
Arndís Bergsdóttir
Bergsveinn Þórsson
Garðar Eyjólfsson
Gísli Pálsson
Gunndís Ýr Finnbogadótti
Kelly Jazvac (keynote speaker)
Kyrre Kverndokk
Ole Martin Sandberg
Sigríður Þorgeirsdottir
Organisers: Relics of Nature / Þóra Pétursdóttir & Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir
The National Museum of Iceland
Bogasalur / Arch Hall
08.06 - 10.11.2024
Exhibition committee
Bryndís Erla Hjálmarsdóttir
Kristján Mímisson
Þóra Pétursdóttir
Exhibition design in collaboration with Garðar Eyjólfsson
With contributions from Relics of Nature and The Archaeological Institute of Iceland
Graphic design by Studio-Studio
Exhibition documentation by Vigfús Birgisson &
Ívar Brynjólfsson
The exhibition was part of Reykjavík Arts Festival 2024
Language of Climate Crisis November 8 - 9, 2024
On the occasion of exhibition, a two day symposium was held in the museum, organised by Relics of Nature.
Speakers in alphabetical order
Andri Snær Magnason (keynote speaker)
Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir
Arndís Bergsdóttir
Bergsveinn Þórsson
Garðar Eyjólfsson
Gísli Pálsson
Gunndís Ýr Finnbogadótti
Kelly Jazvac (keynote speaker)
Kyrre Kverndokk
Ole Martin Sandberg
Sigríður Þorgeirsdottir
Organisers: Relics of Nature / Þóra Pétursdóttir & Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir