The installation “Endangered Waters” is composed of three large scale transparent photographs of waterfalls, and 26 small photographs on the floor of the space. The large photographs show waterfalls that are in danger of being destroyed in the process of building new power plants in Iceland, the plans of which are highly debated. The small prints show waterfalls that have already disappeared under the rising waters of an enormous reservoir that has been created by a colossal dam built to power an aluminium smelter. These waterfalls have fallen victim to technological power. Each of the small images has been stamped over with the words DESTROYED or TERMINATED.
Lambda prints; clear, 183 cm x 122 cm each Plotter prints; 48 x 32 cm each Installation; 280 x 450 x 80 cm Installation photo; Art On Armitage, Chicago, August 2007
ENDANGERED WATERS - TOFRAFOSS II The multimedia performance Endangered Waters - Tofrafoss II is dedicated to the waterfall Tofrafoss that is in the process of disappearing into a huge water reservoir for a new power plant in the highlands of Iceland. The performance took place in Gallery Art On Armitage in Chicago in conjunction with the exhibition Endangered Waters in August 2007.
The work involves a layered video projection, audio and voice.
The work is an interactive multimedia installation with multiple video projections and audio. The installation was shown exhibited for the first time at the exhibition Falling Water at ReykjavikArt Museum, Kjarvalsstadir. Several video images of three waterfalls are projected onto an installation of transparent canvases, while the recorded "voices" of the waterfalls is playing. The visitor influences the audio when moving around in the installation. One of these waterfalls has now disappeared under the surface of a huge water reservoir for a new power plant.
