{"id":4887,"date":"2022-09-26T12:59:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/?page_id=4887"},"modified":"2023-03-01T16:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T16:40:49","slug":"take-your-place-steal-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/en\/take-your-place-steal-it\/","title":{"rendered":"“Take your place, steal it”<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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“Take your place, steal it”<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\u201cArtists very often invent their own opportunities, some coming from institutions but mainly artists are not just creating artwork but a place and events and an atmosphere and make themselves a space.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That was the view of Steinunn Gunnlaugsd\u00f3ttir a visual artist from Reykjavik who has been working and exhibiting in Berlin frequently in the last six years.<\/p>\n

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We caught up with the 34-year-old in Berlin where she expressed the importance of claiming space as an artist.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople adapt to any kind of situation, when you don\u2019t have the space you feel you need you can either get depressed or do something about it – take your place, even in an aggressive way, steal it. I\u2019ve done this sometimes with my artwork, I\u2019ve used public space a lot. Coming from a graffiti background, the main focus is to use the city as your place to express yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Her work focuses on surrealism and the unconscious dream state but is often infused with political background.<\/p>\n

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She explained that both Berlin and Reykjavik are going through a gentrification that is apparent to the artistic community who are struggling to find studios for affordable prices and are suffering with the closure of venues due to lack of funding.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat links the two cities together is that there is not so much money in art in Berlin or Reykjavik\u2026 There is an absence of the huge markets in America and London.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel both cities are really focusing and speaking up loud about being a nest for young artists, it doesn\u2019t mean the governments in these cities are necessarily helping in creating that community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn Berlin some good spaces run by artists for music, art, events had to close down because of bureaucracy or lack of money, especially the ones that fostered experimental music I have not found similar ones to those that are gone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn Reykjavik I\u2019m missing the small spaces and bars playing music and the basements where people had their studios are almost gone – the easy access to do things has gone and I do miss that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But she added that it was clear people in both cities value art and Berlin and Reykjavik – the environment, the people, the politics – have inspired many of her works.<\/p>\n

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Learn more about Steinunn and her work here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Words by Beth Cherryman<\/em><\/p>\n

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“Take your place, steal it” \u00a0 \u201cArtists very often invent their own opportunities, some coming from institutions but mainly artists are not just creating artwork but a place and events and an atmosphere and make themselves a space.\u201d That was the view of Steinunn Gunnlaugsd\u00f3ttir a visual artist from Reykjavik who has been working andContinue reading ““Take your place, steal it”<\/strong>“<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161824182,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4887","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pe1weW-1gP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4365,"url":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/en\/artist-run\/","url_meta":{"origin":4887,"position":0},"title":"Artist Run","author":"Lost Shoe Collective Collective","date":"September 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"ARTIST RUN Artist Run\u00a0is a short documentary featuring several artist run galleries in Berlin (Neuk\u00f6lln) and Reykjav\u00edk (city centre) and the actuality that surrounds their spaces. 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