{"id":5186,"date":"2022-09-26T12:58:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/?page_id=5186"},"modified":"2023-03-01T18:11:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:11:31","slug":"i-wanted-a-voice-or-a-choice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/en\/i-wanted-a-voice-or-a-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"“I wanted a voice or a choice”<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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“I wanted a voice or a choice”<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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You could open an art space in a closet and it can be interesting, says Steinunn Marta \u00d6nnud\u00f3ttir who runs Harbinger project space in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAny space can become interesting with the activities which are put on there, a closet can be a great space, it doesn\u2019t have to have the biggest fanciest space.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 33-year-old co-founded Harbinger in June 2014 after having studied abroad.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I moved back here I was very disconnected from the scene, it was hard to find a way in and to engage with it, it is very based on friendships around people who studied here, it was hard to access. I also felt I was seeing a lot of the same artists exhibiting. I just wanted a voice or a choice or maybe somehow to find a way to look for things I found interesting here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly meaningful to provide a space for artists to display their work, it\u2019s very rewarding and if you have a good dialogue with the artist during their preparations you keep making new friends and acquaintances.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI hope it feels refreshing to view work here, that people feel art has more areas to explore and it is a growing field that\u2019s expanding and not narrowing down.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is a big need for spaces like this or of any kind, there\u2019s not a lot of artist run spaces right now and there are a lot of practising artists who need a space to show their work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She added the tourist industry is not really contributing to the art scene in Reykjavik and she fears some negative consequences of the high level of tourism Iceland is experiencing might be on the way.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere is a negative impact which I\u2019m not sure has all come to light…Artists are losing their studios, the studio complexes are going to be turned into hotels and when that happens I\u2019m not sure how it will be for the artists…I guess we just have to move to the suburbs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Learn more about Harbinger here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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“I wanted a voice or a choice” \u00a0 You could open an art space in a closet and it can be interesting, says Steinunn Marta \u00d6nnud\u00f3ttir who runs Harbinger project space in Reykjavik. \u201cAny space can become interesting with the activities which are put on there, a closet can be a great space, it doesn\u2019tContinue reading ““I wanted a voice or a choice”<\/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":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pe1weW-1lE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4365,"url":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/en\/artist-run\/","url_meta":{"origin":5186,"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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