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Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir. “You can be against
one project without being against one
whole company.”
She goes on to say that the ‘Mother
Nature’ piece is for an area already pop-
ulated by power stations, and that
hydroelectric power is cleaner than oil.
But the trio is definitely against the
building of the proposed power plant in
east Iceland.
“Right, because you can’t push the
reverse button,” emphasises Eirún.
“Yeah, and people visit Iceland
because of the nature and creative peo-
ple, not power stations,” says Jóní
Jónsdóttir, completing the thoughts of
her two friends.
Talking to Eirún, Sigrún and Jóní, who
have been working together since they
graduated from the Icelandic College of
Arts and Crafts in 1996, is like talking to
a set of triplets with a language all their
own. As in the discussion on art and the
politics of power, the ladies constantly
build on each other’s ideas, finish each
other’s sentences, and set off into a con-
tinuous group giggle at the drop of a
word that means absolutely nothing to
the average listener.
This cohesiveness is why the trio is so
successful. They feed off of each other’s
ideas, and, like the ‘pre-cogs’ in Steven
Spielberg’s Minority Report, they each
create selected images that pieced
together build a single concept.
With this collaborative effort, the trio
has for the past year supported itself
strictly through its creations. In other
words, neither Eirún, Sigrún or Jóní has
had to work a day job.
“That’s very impressive considering
there are three of us,” Sigrún says
proudly.
It’s also impressive because we don’t
make art for “40-year-old birthday par-
ties”, laughs Jóní.
So what type of art does ILC focus its
energies on? In one word: everything.
They work with all types of mediums,
including performance, video and instal-
lations; they work in design, with film;
and they write songs as well as poetry,
although their poems are certainly their
weakest link.
For an idea of how diverse this trio of
eccentric, yet practical females is, take
two of their most current projects.
Recently, Borgarholtsskóli high school
“WE ARE PEOPLE’S ARTISTS,” SIGRÚN SAYS, SUMMING UP THE SECRET OF THEIR SUCCESS.
ART
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