Elin Anna Thorisdottir (IS), Juliana Espana Keller (CA), Nina Lassila (FI) and Thora Gunnarsdottir (IS)
Draakoni Galerii
Tallinn, Estonia
29.11.-11.12.10
It seems to be a lot about identity in the exhibition "Slippery Terrain" in Draakoni Galerii. The Icelandic, Canadian and Finnish artists have different approaches to this.
The Protagonist - Nina Lassila
Nina Lassila goes inside herself, both by photo and video. She is looking for answers about roots, belonging and identity as she walk on her childhood path to the big lake. But her thoughts are distracted by the mosquitos, and the answer is not found. On a photo she is consentrating on a spoon, will that give her the answers she need?
Waiting for a Chinook - Thora Gunnarsdottir (part of installation)
The installation of Thora Gunnarsdottir consists of photo, light and sound. There is a dog in strange light. Is this someone's special dog, or is it a representation of someone?
work by Juliana Espana Keller
Juliana Espana Keller displays both a photo series and a video (that unfortunately did not work). The photos show an insteresting series of a woman unmasking herself.
Cremasteric reflex - video by Elin Anna Thorisdottir
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Elin Anna Thorisdottir has a wide variety of installation, paintings, video and photo. The video and the photo is showing a female hero with giant balls, making the ground shake as she moves. Is this an Amazone, an Icelandic heroine or a woman wanting to be a man with balls? The cremasteric reflex is a superficial reflex in the cremaster muscle that pulls up the scrotum and testis observed in human males, elicited by lightly stroking the thigh.(I had to look it up in wikipedia). This must be about sex roles then.
