Hafnarfjörður Library presents Noise from Iceland, a collaborative art installation of sound and images by artists Magdalena Łukasiak and Kaśka Paluch-Łukasiak.
Utilising sounds recorded in the nature of Iceland along with recordings from the folkloristic database ÍsMús, Kaśka has created a unique soundscape from the very voice of the land, which creates a duet with Magdalena's intimate nature photography.
The installation will be set in two locations – as a full sensory experience in the hall on the lower floor and as a headphone experience on the third floor.
The experience will be accessible from 17:00, but the official opening will be at 20:00.
Magdalena Łukasiak:
She graduated in Press, Advertising and Publishing Photography from the University of Warsaw. She has been working in photography and reportage for over 15 years. She has recently been working as a teacher. Her photos and videos have been published in the press and on television – including National Geographic Traveler, Gazeta.pl, TVN24, RÚV and Morgunblaðið. She has also participated in group exhibitions in Poland and Iceland. She is currently working on a documentary about the sound map of Iceland.
Kaśka Paluch-Łukasiak:
Kaśka Paluch is a musician and musicologist, originally from Poland, who has been living in Iceland for 5 years. She currently works as a multimedia class teacher at Vikurskóli Primary School and at the SFS Mixtúra creative and IT centre in Reykjavik. The Noise From Iceland project was created in 2020 as the first ever sound map of Iceland, an attempt to answer the question „what does Iceland sound like?“. Since then, it has developed into a project that seeks this answer not only in the sounds of Icelandic nature, but also in traditional songs and folk music. The sounds of Noise From Iceland have been used in several exhibitions, e.g. at the Venice Biennale 2022 and in Ryuichi Sakamoto's composition „Playback”.
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