”Lífróður/In Deep Water” 2009. Installation view. "Reynisdrangar" 2009, HD video animation on flatscreen, duration 3 min. An exhibition curated by Dorothee Kirch and Markús Þór Andrésson, The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art

In Deep Water
The sea and the self-consciousness of a nation in Icelandic contemporary art.
This exhibition displays works by artists that have used the sea as an inspiration both as a natural phenomenon and way of life; the sea both takes and gives life. The works show the importance of the sea and how much impact it has had both physically and mentally on the nation. It is also a reflection on how our basic livelyhood began and still continues to be embeded in our language, thoughts, society and politics.

In Deep Water  or lífródur (direct translation rowing for life) the title refers to a saying in Iceland and since the collapse of the banks this saying has been used frequently to describe the daily battles of companies, families and the society as a whole. The exhibition shows works by leading Icelandic contemporary artists.
The exhibition curators are Markús Þór Andrésson and Dorothée Kirch who also curated the Icelandic contribution to the Venice Biennale 2009, The End and the ''Stray Beacons", an art exhibition in four lighthouses around Iceland for the Reykjavik Art Festival in May 2009.

Art works by the following artists will be displayed:
Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Ásmundur Ásmundsson, Birgir Andrésson, Elías Hjörleifsson og Ólafur Elíasson, Erla S. Haraldsdóttir, Finnur Arnar Arnarson, Gjörningaklúbburinn, Guðjón Ketilsson,Gylfi Ægisson, Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson, Hrafnkell Sigurðsson, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Hulda Hákon, Hlynur Hallsson, Ívar Valgarðsson, Kristinn E. Hrafnsson, Kristján Guðmundsson, Margrét H. Blöndal, Magnús Sigurðarson, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Ólafur Sveinn Gíslason, Ósk Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ragnar Kjartansson, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Sigtryggur Bjarni Baldvinsson, Unnar Örn Auðarson

”Reynisdrangar” 2009. Videostills, HD video animation, dur 3 min.