Finnbogi Pétursson
(IS)
Project
Tesla Tune, 2015
Location
Loftsson
Date
12. – 19. April, 2015
Finnbogi Pétursson studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts and the Jan van Eyck Akademie. His innovative and eccentric oeuvre hinges upon the conceptual treatment and integration of sound, space, and material. Since he began exhibiting in 1980, Finnbogi’s work often uses implements that produce electronic or acoustic sound—loudspeakers, wires, and instruments—to form sculptures themselves. Many of his installations bridge contemporary technology and elemental phenomena; his work also evokes experiences that cannot be attributed to visual or aural perception but rather a combination, or perhaps transcendence, of the senses.
Finnbogi represented Iceland at the Venice Biennale in 2001 with his monumental sound installation “Diabolus”.
