MY ICELAND
Since September 2013 I started going to Iceland and staying at artists residencies. My first one was Gullkistan, in the South West. This blog contains some writings about my experiences.
gullkistan.is
listhús.com
LISTHÚS RESIDENCY, ÓLAFSFJÖRÐUR
This is an article I wrote in 2019 about my experience at Listhús throughout the years since 2014. I was the host artist in 2019 and I have been a board member since 2016. Unfortunately, the residency closed due to the relocation by the owners to Norway. To read it, click on the link:
https://artistsportraitsite.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/laura-marconi/
listhús.com
NES RESIDENCY
In September 2018, I stayed at Nes residency in Skagastrōnd, in the North West of Iceland.This writing is about reflections:
https://neslist.is/?s=laura+marconi+
neslist.is
GAMLI SKÓLI, HRÍSEY
The residency
In August 2018 I was an artist in residency in Hrísey, a small island situated in the middle of Iceland longest fjord in the North. A short distance from the Arctic Circle, the residency is in the village old school, the most charming and peaceful place I have ever been. Few trails, bird and sky watching, a small geothermal pool.
http://www.oldschool.is/
The Artists: Thora Karlsdòttir,Brynhildur Kristindóttir, Jónborg Sigurðardóttir, Helga Björg Jónasardóttir, Dagrun Matthiasdóttir, Aðalsteinn Þórsson, Ivan Mendes, Yuliana Palacios, Snorri Asmundsson, Laura Marconi
When I arrived there were a group of artists mostly from Akureyri who were creating workshops for the children. They embraced and included me as well in an artists walking tour of the village. My month at the Old School was very productive, my other roommate was a photographer from London, Tim Sullivan, who will share another residency with me the following year.
BARCELONA, SPAIN, JIWAR RESIDENCY
In March 2018 I was in Barcelona, Spain, at a residency called: Jiwar Creació i Societat. This is a writing by me posted in their blog site. To read it go to: https://jiwarbarcelona.com/web/blog/?s=laura+marconi
jiwarbarcelona.com
STÖÐVARFJÖRÐUR, ICELAND
In August, 2017, I stayed at the Fish Factory a residency in the North East. This article is by Jessica Woodrow. There also is a video interview.
https://inhere.is/2017/08/laura-marconi/
inhere.is
My Collaboration with Supper, People on the Move 2015
“Supper, People on the Move is about mobility and decisions moving you: an action starts with a clear intention and it is carried away by a tide of impulses that moves you into the future.” Silvana Cardell, choreographer
https://supperdance.com/2015/04/16/portrait-of-laura-marconi/
LISTHÚS RESIDENCY, 2014
In August 2014 I was staying at Listhús Residency sharing the house with a group of dancers from Honk Kong: the Rebecca Wong Dance Group. They performed and thought classes in villages, and I with other visual artists collaborated with them. I include an article I wrote about my experience with them, and also a video.
LAURA MARCONI
MY COOPERATION WITH GI CHU AT LISTHÚS, ÓLAFSFJÖRÐUR During my artist residency in Northern Iceland in the month of August 2014, I had the pleasure to collaborate with REBECCA WONG DANCE GROUP, GI CHU, SEI CHUN HING, and CHRISTINE LAU. One of the dancer, KINSAN LO, improvised on a video showing my work projected on a big wall in different venues. My inspiration for these group of paintings came from the mountains surrounding the fjord. A majestic range still cover with spots of snow forming different shapes. A strong graphic pattern that seemed black and white at a certain time of day. It reminded me of woodcuts prints, very bold looking. They are series of seven pictures connected to each other by the continuos lines of the mountains, with a white edge all around each piece to suggest several frames of a movie. It also reminded me of the passing of seasons, of time. Something that disappears to give space for renewals. It is a personal thought these days having a sister with a terminal illness, so I guess this was on my mind at a subconscious level while I worked. To make this collaboration possible KINSAN LO, GI CHU as the videographer, SEI CHUN HING as the sound and light engineer, and myself, had to be on the same page. We discussed how to project the paintings, at first GI was manipulating the pictures but I felt that they didn't look like my own, so we opted for a simpler moving image of the seven paintings connected to each other. At the end of this sequence GI took some photographs of the same mountains from which I was inspired, and projected in a flash mode with some other blocks of colors, to give a more dynamic spin to this video. The audio was by SEI who chose natural sounds for the background. When KINSAN danced everything came together beautifully, an emotional experience for me to see this project at the final stage. A wonderful gift to have had this opportunity to collaborate with these talented group of artists.
It has been showed at different venues in Iceland:
In ÓLAFSFJÖRÐUR at the CULTURAL CENTER, TJARNARBORG
In SIGLUFJÖRÐUR at the gallery, ALÞÝOUHÚSI
In AKUREYRI at the Ketilhúsið, AKUREYRI ART MUSEUM.
This video from was also shown in HONK KONG.