MY PLACE

YOUR PLACE

2005-2010

Anne Thorseth

Þóra Sigurðardóttir

Installation Galleri Lars Borella Denmark 2005

Installation Suðsuðvestur Kefl avík Iceland 2005

Printobject, Norup Lithographic Printshop Denmark 2006

Exhibition Dalir-Hólar 2010/traveldrawings W. Iceland

MY PLACE / YOUR PLACEGalleri Lars Borella Copenhagen 2005

Installation constructed in the 3 exhibition spaces of the gallery. In the fi rst space a collaboration of the two artists:an installation of textiles. The second space: a photo, drawing and videoinstallation of Thorseth. The third space:an installation ofphotos, drawings and 3-dimentional objects of Sigurðardóttir.

Galleri Lars Borella Copenhagen Denmark 2005

MY PLACE / YOUR PLACESuðsuðvestur Kefl avík Iceland 2005

Installation constructed in the 3 exhibition spaces of Suðsuðvestur.

In one of the spaces: A collaboration of Sigurðardóttir and Thorseth graphic prints, paintings and a photo-object. In the second photo-objects and graphic prints by Thorseth -

In the third space a videorecording by Sigurðardóttir.

Suðsuðvestur Kefl avík Iceland 2005

MY PLACE / YOUR PLACE Copenhagen Denmark 2006Printobject, 30 signed copies. Printed in Norup´s lithographic Printworkshop Copenhagen Denmark. The ongoing project My place / your place 2005-2010 has approached sites in Denmark and Iceland from several angles as refl ected in the works of the project. In the printobject the focus is on a rocky highland-path in Icelandand on an old earthenware jug in a Danish ceramic collection. Texts by Þ.S. Translated from Icelandic by Anna Benassi 2006.

Anne Thorseth

My place / your place

The tableland above the farmstead lies about 600

metres above sea level. Along its western edge is a

vertical belt of crags that cannot be scaled. The

wall of rock is home to a bustling community of

seabirds, mostly kittiwakes and fulmars, and the

traffi c is dense. A hiker must follow a sheep’s trail

along the hillside, far into the valley, in order to

skirt the stone wall and climb up onto the plateau.

It is a rocky path in places; the land underfoot is

damp and criss-crossed with brooks and streams.

The plateau is broad, massive; it affords a view of

the entire Breiðafjördur bay, with its

innumerable skerries, and far beyond, to

Barðaströnd and the highland outback of the West

Fjords. In fl ight or from a perch a few metres away,

two sea eagles watch the woman as she makes her way

southward along the tableland.

My place / your place 2004 - 2010 is supported by:

Þóra Sigurðardóttir

My place / your place

The snow-white milk stands in a jug made of

light-yellowish earthenware. The potter, in his

time, has coated the jug, within and without, with an

iron-rich clay mixture and then —

while the red clay was still damp — painted it on the

outside with thinnish copper oxide and kaolin.

The colours are rusty reds, copper greens, and whites

that have blended with one another here and there.

The materials manage to retain their singular

clarity; they form a sort of marbled delta pattern.

After the fi rst fi ring, the form is again layered with

clear glaze within and without, which throws the

freshness of the colours into relief while

enhancing the durability of the jug; giving it a

glossy fi nish. The second fi ring and the glaze make it

a perfect vessel for the milk, sound, tight and cool.

Letterstedska Fonden, The Art Council Denmark, Muggur, W-Iceland Culture Council, Myndstef, Ministry of Culture and Education Is, Kulturkontakt Nord

Printobject printed in Norup’s Printshop Cph. Dk. 2006

MY PLACE / YOUR PLACE 2010Dalir og Hólar 2010 - traveldrawingsWest Iceland

Anne Thorseth participated in The Dalir og Hólar 2010 exhibition project with 24 drawings which were installed in two empty buildings in the West Iceland; in Ólafsdalur´s empty agricultural schoolbuilding from the 19th century - and in the open space of the abandoned assemblyhouse, Röðull, Skarðsströnd.

© Þóra Sigurðardóttir & Anne Thorseth 2011Photos by Anne Thorseth, Þóra Sigurðardóttir, Anders Sune Berg og Kristín Hauksdóttir