Brot úr framtíð / Future Fragments

National Museum of Iceland
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

Graphic design Studio-Studio

The exhibition is part of Reykjavík Arts Festival 2024

Exhibition documentation:
Vigfús Birgisson 

ca. 1950 2024
Now Remains

The Red Plastic Fragment, found during an excavation in Helluvað, Mývatnssveit, summer 2014. On loan from the Iceland Institute of Archaeology
Photographic print of Atlas of the Heavens by Antonín Bečvář from 1950

Fable
2024
Floor installation
Regenerated nylon

The work Fabel gives an insight to the collection of unearthed plastic remains that the National Museum has preserved and collected since 1987. Today there are over 180 objects in the collection.

Moon
2024
Hologram

Excavated golf ball from Flói, Árnessýsla, Icelan. Preserved in the collection of The National Museum of Iceland

And Time Stood Still Until it Disappeared 
2024
Installation, printed polyester
Sample of ice core from Grímsvötn, Vatnajökull glacier, ca 1950

Like Landscape
2021 - 2023
Photographic work
Floor sweep from Pálsbær II, cabin on Surtsey island

Archive of Future Artefacts 2015 -
Drift matter and Plastiglomorate
Locations:  Iceland (Surtsey, Flæðar - Kelduhverfi), Norway (Sværholt, Mjåvika - Porsanger, Ringvassøya, Lille Russevika, Store Molvik, Steinvåg). On loan from Relics of Nature, Þóra Pétursdóttir and Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir

Shelves for Future Artefacts
Aluminium, plywood, 3D printed support structures from recycled plastic, spray paint, plexi, synthetic grass
Designed in conversation with Garðar Eyjólfsson


Future Fragments 2024
Textwork on mirrorfilm
Studio Studio & Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir

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