{"id":5221,"date":"2022-09-26T12:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/?page_id=5221"},"modified":"2023-03-01T18:21:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:21:40","slug":"art-is-a-value-of-the-heart-in-iceland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/is\/art-is-a-value-of-the-heart-in-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"“Art is a value of the heart in Iceland”<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Art is a value of the heart in Iceland”<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Iceland\u2019s appreciation of art is a value of the heart, but doesn\u2019t have the money, according to Icelandic duo The Villains.<\/p>\n

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Andrea \u00c1g\u00fasta A\u00f0alsteinsd\u00f3ttir, 26, focuses on video performance, writing and photography. Her partner in The Villains, Anton Logi \u00d3lafsson, also 26, works mostly in performance and media.<\/p>\n

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We interviewed them at Ekkisens in Reykjavik where they were showing their exhibition Dog Eat Dog, which started as a look at destruction as an aspect and how it can somehow benefit society.<\/p>\n

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Andrea said: \u201cThe inner dialogue is super dreamy, one of my friends said it was like walking through a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She said it was challenging to be a young artist in Iceland in terms of finding good opportunities.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think it changes a lot quite fast, sometimes there are a lot of things to get connected with, sometimes it feels like nothing is coming up and then it breaks down again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She continued: \u201cPeople from elsewhere seem to be inspired that we\u2019re more about doing instead of questioning before taking action.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anton added: \u201cThere\u2019s not enough opportunities for us, there are too many artists for the opportunities, there\u2019s not enough funding and only a few grants.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But they agreed art was valued in some way in Iceland, even if there is not a strong art market.<\/p>\n

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Andrea said: \u201cArt is valued by a very small group of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anton continued: \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s monetarily valued, most people value culture in Iceland and we have our own cultural identity. People are proud of good artists and everything but I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a big art market – values of the heart but don\u2019t have the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Find out more about Andrea here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Find out more about Anton here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

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“Art is a value of the heart in Iceland” \u00a0 Iceland\u2019s appreciation of art is a value of the heart, but doesn\u2019t have the money, according to Icelandic duo The Villains. Andrea \u00c1g\u00fasta A\u00f0alsteinsd\u00f3ttir, 26, focuses on video performance, writing and photography. Her partner in The Villains, Anton Logi \u00d3lafsson, also 26, works mostly inContinue reading ““Art is a value of the heart in Iceland”<\/strong>“<\/span><\/a><\/p>","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-5221","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pe1weW-1md","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12681,"url":"https:\/\/lostshoecollective.com\/is\/inspiring-filmmaker\/","url_meta":{"origin":5221,"position":0},"title":"“Inspiring filmmaker”","author":"Lost Shoe Collective Collective","date":"febr\u00faar 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Inspiring filmmaker\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One of my influencers in film making both as a director and as a producer is the Icelandic Filmmaker Fri\u00f0rik \u00de\u00f3r (Thor) Fri\u00f0riksson. 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