Finnbogi Pétursson: Silent Silence

Tickets

Persons Projects presents Finnbogi Pétursson’s solo exhibition Silent Silence. The works selected for this exhibition reflect the various ways in which Pétursson experiments with movement and sound to explore silence as a concept for thought and being. His minimalistic installations make the primary natural forces visible, audible, and tangible. Though, surrounding us all the time, being fundamental for life on earth, they are yet hidden from our perception: sound waves, the pulsation of light, and the rotating movement of electrons. In this exhibition, silence has a similar appearance as white light in Isaac Newton’s experiments: Pétursson's works act like a prism that let one experience silence in all its facets of the visible (and audible) spectrum.

Finnbogi Pétursson is one of the leading contemporary artists in Iceland. In his works he creates a bridge between science, nature, and art, examining the very essence of light, sound, and energy through minimalistic installations. Pétursson refers to himself as a visual artist interested in the behavior of sound, rather than an audio artist. Looking to physics as a source of inspiration, he is drawn to what he calls "the in-between" – the movement of sound waves between input and output, and how one can manipulate it. His experiments often culminate in large installations where different elements and materials perform together in perfect orchestral harmony, with each one revealing the fundamental properties of the other. His ability to illustrate the intangible and invisible has become a trademark in his work.

More information can be found here.

More events in venue

Ea Vasko: Reflecting Spatiality Berlin, Persons Projects Ea Vasko: Reflecting Spatiality

© 2024 GoOut