Artist Ragnar Kjartansson heeds the call of the wild.
The End, an installation piece by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, presently a part of The Biennale, will be presented as a part of the 2010 edition of New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival. The programme, a collection by thirteen international artists of digital art, film screenings, multimedia performances, site-specific installations and video presentations will be presented in a fully immersive media lounge environment for Festival goers to experience throughout the Festival. For the full story go to the Sundance website.
A video of the installation below:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub8OUKlrR0w
Ragnar Kjartansson’s THE END
A soulful siren song lures the viewer to attend a magical surround sound concert performed from five different locations in the Canadian Rockies. Icelandic musician and performance artist, Ragnar Kjartansson’s mesmerizing 5-channel installation is a portal to another time and place, transporting the viewer to a sweeping expanse of alpine landscape where just two musicians, Ragnar & David Thór Jonsson fill the crisp snowy air with an entire ensemble band of electric and acoustic guitars, banjos, drums, and a grand piano.
Ragnar Kjartansson graduated from the Icelandic Academy of arts in 2001. His work spans durational performance, theatre, painting, video, and music. Kjartansson has been in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the world. For additional information on the artist go here: this.is/rassi/
