December 2021
Ægisgata 7
Ekki Drama
The Great Artist
Installation, Performance, and Video
For my final piece of my second year, I created a work that included installation, performance, and video. My intention was to comment on conceptual art and the phenomenon of the "great artist." I presented my self as The Great Artist. I deliberately aimed for a pretentious tone, essentially satirizing the nature of conceptual art itself.
FÆÐING (BIRTH)
Wood and steel
100 x 50 cm
What is the content of anything if everything is nothing? The perception of the greater does a default by anything that becomes a dust on a shelf that we can't grab. Does it even symbolize the fault of the humanity that becomes an ongoing circle. The stool becomes a vanity of life within the gore of the field that we look upon the horizon. When it is an understood thing it becomes dull of fire witch has a wallflower growing within the inside of itself. So let me know one more thing before you go when was your first birth?
This piece was assembled using two materials I found around the school. I glued them together and created a conceptual text to accompany it, intentionally giving it a title unrelated to the sculpture itself.
Interveiw with the Great Artist Coke Hore
Videowork
In the interview, they discuss what inspires the Great Artist and specifically talk about the sculpture "Birth." My inspiration for this piece came from a 1990s interview featuring two well-known Icelandic musicians. In the interview, one musician is interviewing the other and they are just joking around. The video for my piece was filmed by Auja Mist, with Sindri Dýrason as the interviewer.
The Revolutionary Fashion show of The Great Artist
Performance
The fashion show took place in the space where I had installed the sculpture and video. I wanted it to be brief and unique, so the performance lasted only three minutes, adding an element of mystery. I chose to incorporate a fashion show with this piece to emphasize the persona of the "Great Artist" (myself), showcasing a grand presence, diverse talents, and an inflated ego.