Garðar Eyjólfsson, product designer and associate professor at the Iceland University of the arts, gave a talk at an online conference held by the University of Gothenburg recently. The conference was held to celebrate the newest edition of PARSE journal. Eyjólfsson‘s work was on the cover of the edition, but PARSE journal is an online research publication platform from the University of Gothenburg, namely the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts. The publication is committed to interdisciplinarity and internationalization – their purpose and aim are to facilitate and publish research across disciplines, in an international context.
The talk was in a way the end of a research phase that began with Eyjólfsson‘s and Marteinn Sindri Jónsson‘s philosopher and former adjunct at the IUA, participation at a conference in Gothenburg in 2019. Following their participation, which was in the form of a performative lecture, Eyjólfsson was invited to write about his research Barbara for this 12th edition of PARSE and have his work on the front page of the issue.
The theme of this 12th edition of PARSE was Human, and the aim of the publications was to undertake an interdisciplinary investigation within the arts, humanities, and social sciences of the category Human from the multiple perspectives of what it excludes and overlooks.
The theme of this 12th edition of PARSE was Human, and the aim of the publications was to undertake an interdisciplinary investigation within the arts, humanities, and social sciences of the category Human from the multiple perspectives of what it excludes and overlooks.
About the event:
To celebrate the launch of the PARSE journal, issue #12: Human, the editors invited Garðar Eyjólfsson and Jeuno JE Kim + Ewa Einhorn to broadcast, share and discuss ideas relating to their practices.
Eyjólfsson’s current speculative design fiction project: Barbara: A Tale of Transformation, explores a possible future where our current notion of the human is somewhat altered. We are introduced to a hirsute fantasy, born from contemporary culture and climate in crisis. Eyjólfsson invites us to experience this future world in this presentation.
To celebrate the launch of the PARSE journal, issue #12: Human, the editors invited Garðar Eyjólfsson and Jeuno JE Kim + Ewa Einhorn to broadcast, share and discuss ideas relating to their practices.
Eyjólfsson’s current speculative design fiction project: Barbara: A Tale of Transformation, explores a possible future where our current notion of the human is somewhat altered. We are introduced to a hirsute fantasy, born from contemporary culture and climate in crisis. Eyjólfsson invites us to experience this future world in this presentation.
We encourage you all to keep an eye on Garðar Eyjólfsson and his project, you can read the tale of Barbara here, with drawings from Janosch Bela Kratz:
