Arngrímur Borgþórsson (IS/SE)
It Wasn't Me
20 - 22/8 2021Opening Friday 20/8 2021 6 pm - 9 pm
"The sun darkens,
earth in ocean sinks,
fall from heaven the bright stars,
fire's breath assails the all-nourishing tree,
towering fire plays against heaven itself.""
Understand ye yet, or what?"
-From Völuspá (The prophecy of the Seeress), an Icelandic 10th century poem by an unknown author.
Galleri CC presents Arngrímur Borgþórsson’s pre- and post-apocalyptic works.
Arngrímur graduated with a BFA from the Iceland Academy of the Arts and an MFA from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts. Working with various media, his work frequently focuses on the complex systems of interactions between humans and technology, and the questions and issues that arise from these interactions.
Arngrímur has exhibited at various exhibition spaces, galleries, festivals and institutions in Iceland, Sweden and further afield.
He lives and works in Malmö.