From the preparation and creation of the exhibition in Reykjavík 2016
Above left photo; sculpture in working process of a victim in the moment before the burning exposure flashed from the atomic bomb in Hiroshima / above middle photo; Toma Toshiki motif for one of the sculptures / above right photo; Jóhann Sigmarsson creating his sculptures of Hiroshima Victims.
Artwork of the Iceland National Football Team posing the Epic Vikings Slow Hand Clap.
The idea is to create 11 solid wood sculptures in full-size of over 100-year old wood from the Reykjavík Harbour of selected members from the Iceland national football team posing the Epic Vikings Slow Hand Clap assemble into one whole. The artwork is an environmental friendly creation. The sculptures will imitate all our heroes and have them as accurate as possible in the posture when the team takes the Epic Vikings Slow Hand Clap. Here is history, culture and sports combined together in one form. The chairman and board of the the Football Association of Iceland has considered their interest in the project and believes that the artwork “The Epic Vikings Slow Hand Clap” will draw a lot of attention to its creation and capture well-known moments in the nation sports history. It is planned to set up all the sculptures in one art piece outside the main stadium in Reykjavik with an inscribed gift shield about the sponsors its supporters. The artwork can attract a large number of tourists and residents. The Football Association of Iceland may well be able to finance such work with other interested parties and supporters.
Above left photo / Ksenija Zapadenceva Sigmarsson sawing wood from Reykjavik Harbour for sculpture. Above right photo / Ksenija Zapadenceva Sigmarsson taping photos of Mr. Aron Einar Gunnarsson Icelandic football team member to a board for preperation of sculpture. Down below photo / Sculpture in working process of Mr. Ari Skúlason, Icelandic football team member. Down below photos / Sculpture in working process. Worked in UAB / Studija Vilnius.
“Reworking the past for a just and sustainable future for all”
