Synopses & Reviews
The internationally renowned Spanish-Icelandic duo of Libia Castro and Olafur Olafsson bring their uniquely attentive, analytical gaze to the Icelandic Pavilion at 2011 Venice Biennale. This book, like the Venice installation, is conceived as a first comprehensive overview and in-depth analysis of more than ten years of their artistic practice, leading up to their most current works. Olafsson and Castro are known for working in situ, tailoring their media and approach to environments ranging from museums and galleries to radio, newspapers, television and public spaces. Their collaborators can be CEOs, fortune tellers or the homeless; their sites, the streets of Istanbul or the catacombs of Naples.
Synopsis
The publication by Libia Castro and lafur lafsson on the occasion of the exhibition at the Icelandic pavilion at Venice Biennale 2011 is conceived as a first comprehensive overview / in depth analysis of more than ten years of their artistic practice--leading up to their most current works.
Four essays by internationally renowned writers approach Castro/ lafsson's work from different angles, while a conversation with the exhibition curator, Ellen Blumenstein, meanders through the book, takes up the artists own perspective on their work, and focuses on the production of the new projects while digging into recent social and political developments in Iceland.
Contributors
Maurizio Lazzarato, Susanne Leeb, Halld r Bj rn Run lfsson, Simon Sheikh
Conversation with the artists by Ellen Blumenstein