Volcanic and digital worlds
Data Gigar is the headline of Kristín Helga Ríkharðsdóttir’s exhibitions, which is held in the new exhibition space of Þulu at Hafnartorg at Bryggjugata.
« I call the works digital woven paintings. I use 3D apps to create images that are then digitized and stretched on the frame.
The paintings are all new and show volcanic eruptions. « I did most of the works on the show recently when I was in a studio in New York. Colorful, neon -colored lava strings that burst from the earth and formed a new mountain.
The volcanic eruption reminded me of digital worlds, where constant creativity and destruction occur – like a lava flow that rewrite the landscape. Algorithm algorithms can be compared to an active volcano that is constantly erupting. Every second, the landscape of the digital world changes – new upgrades, new information, new meme, new advertisement. At the same time as this happens, the older reality is erased – the landscape is constantly transforming and re -writing. This was the beginning of the data of the craters or data craters as I sometimes call them.
Since then, I have worked on the series intermittently. The imagery of the works includes, among other things, Istock images, mathematical symbols, lottery balls, landscape painting and multi-pool references. Small people are often seen in the pictures, watching the volcanic eruption in a worship, even a religious way. «
On the background of one film on the show is a starry sky from the famous image of another artist. « This is a painting that has become a kind of symbol in our culture. I focused the sky from the famous painting and cut it into my world.
The exhibition in the Hafnartorg Square runs until 31 May. Kristín’s next exhibition will be in the D-hall of the Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús, in January 2026.
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