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<\/a><\/p>\nI prefer to work in an undefined area.\u00c2\u00a0 That is where the possibilities are, the doubt, the risk and the excitement.\u00c2\u00a0 Curiosity leads you on, and doubt challenges you.<\/p>\n
What usually happens is that the motive, usually an object, material or a living organism, comes into contact with some kind of spatial situation, like a room, or a picture format.\u00c2\u00a0 This occurs by the way of a photograph or video, then a computer, and after that real space. My works can be called an ongoing research on the fusion of object and space, picture and frame, representation and elasticity.<\/p>\n
The works often seem to take a form that relates to painting in one way or another.\u00c2\u00a0 Not because I necessarily want them to, it just happens naturally.\u00c2\u00a0 Even an 8 mm film I made in 1980 is basically a painting, although during my studies I did not paint. This might lead you to the conclusion that painting is a state of mind, or a method of observation, rather than a media.<\/p>\n
Material versus pixels, or the possibility of working in a material way through an immaterial media is of course a con-tradiction.\u00c2\u00a0 This is one of the aspects of the installation \u00c2\u0093Puddles\u00c2\u0094 on show now at Skaftfell.\u00c2\u00a0 It is a video, sound and photo installation, but at the same time it has very physical qualities.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u0093Puddles\u00c2\u0094 is related to a photo installation I made while I was studying in 1979.\u00c2\u00a0 It consisted of two black and white photographs installed on opposite walls.\u00c2\u00a0 One showed a drop of milk coming out of a bottle.\u00c2\u00a0 The other showed the drop landing in a puddle of milk.\u00c2\u00a0 The camera, and thereby the viewer was situated in between.<\/p>\n
The sound is an important part of the work, and underlines its spatial qualities.\u00c2\u00a0 It also activates the viewer, who automatically attempts to connect sound and picture.<\/p>\n
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Tumi Magn\u00c3\u00basson has participated in a number of exhibitions through out the world.<\/p>\n
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1957 Born in Reykjav\u00c3\u00adk<\/p>\n
1976-78 The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts<\/p>\n
1978-80 AKI Enschede, Holland<\/p>\n
1980-81 Universidad de Granada, Spain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Main Gallery 07.07.- 04.08.2007 I prefer to work in an undefined area.\u00c2\u00a0 That is where the possibilities are, the doubt, the risk and the excitement.\u00c2\u00a0 Curiosity leads you on, and doubt challenges you. What usually happens is that the motive, usually an object, material or a living organism, comes into contact with some kind of spatial situation, like a room, or a picture format.\u00c2\u00a0 This occurs by the way of a photograph or video, then a computer, and after that real space. My works can be called an ongoing research on the fusion of object and space, picture and frame, [\u2026] <\/p>\n