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On the first dark night…

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Part of a series of posts about a residency at Hlaðan in Iceland. So there was only one dark night during my entire stay in Iceland. After a delicious lobster and mussel feast toasted with a local berry wine (thank you gracious hosts of Minni-Vogar), I walked home at about 2:00 in the morning, which [...]

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Temple Assembly

Friday, August 5, 2011

Part of a series of posts about a residency at Hlaðan in Iceland. Here is a series of photographs taken during the construction of the felt temple. You can see how the whole structure is composed and draped over strings under tension, and built up from the bottom to top in the same manner as [...]

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Proto-temple

Friday, August 5, 2011

Part of a series of posts about a residency at Hlaðan in Iceland. I tried piecing together a little temple inspired by the church on the outskirts of Vogar. This was made from a thin sheet of felt that I cut and sewed. The tiny temple was strung up between a pair of bushes on [...]

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