{"id":20838,"date":"2025-02-10T15:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?post_type=events&#038;p=20838"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T15:02:07","slug":"master-plaster-caster-a-lecture-on-magnus-palsson","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/master-plaster-caster-a-lecture-on-magnus-palsson\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Plaster Caster: A Lecture on Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--overlay-opacity: 0%; --overlay-bg: #000000;\" class=\"hero-section h1-lg\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Master Plaster Caster: A Lecture on Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"bg-visual\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adam-Buffington-Headshot-1800x1350.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"meta-info-section\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"meta-info animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Date<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>14.February 2025<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Time<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>13:00-14:00<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Location<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lecture hall, Laugarnes<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Calendar<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdown add-to-calendar-dropdown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"dropdown-toggle event-dropdown\" type=\"button\" id=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Set in calendar<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"dropdown-menu\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-popper-placement=\"bottom-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/render?action=TEMPLATE&#038;text=Master Plaster Caster: A Lecture on Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson&#038;dates=20250214T130000Z\/20250214T140000Z&#038;details=Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/master-plaster-caster-a-lecture-on-magnus-palsson\/&#038;location=Fyrirlestrasalur, Laugarnes&#038;sprop=&#038;sprop=name:\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-google\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Google Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"data:text\/calendar;charset=utf8,BEGIN:VCALENDAR%0AVERSION:2.0%0ABEGIN:VEVENT%0AURL:https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/master-plaster-caster-a-lecture-on-magnus-palsson\/%0ADTSTART:20250214T130000Z%0ADTEND:20250214T140000Z%0ASUMMARY:Master Plaster Caster: A Lecture on Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/master-plaster-caster-a-lecture-on-magnus-palsson\/%0ALOCATION:Fyrirlestrasalur, Laugarnes%0AEND:VEVENT%0AEND:VCALENDAR\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-apple\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> iCal Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"data:text\/calendar;charset=utf8,BEGIN:VCALENDAR%0AVERSION:2.0%0ABEGIN:VEVENT%0AURL:https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/master-plaster-caster-a-lecture-on-magnus-palsson\/%0ADTSTART:20250214T130000Z%0ADTEND:20250214T140000Z%0ASUMMARY:Master Plaster Caster: A Lecture on Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/master-plaster-caster-a-lecture-on-magnus-palsson\/%0ALOCATION:Fyrirlestrasalur, Laugarnes%0AEND:VEVENT%0AEND:VCALENDAR\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-microsoft\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Outlook calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"intro-section\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container animation\">\n\t\t<p>Another guest in the Art Department's Spring 2025 lecture series is Adam Buffington The lecture is open to everyone and takes place in lecture hall L193, Laugarnes from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. The lecture will be in English.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns lpb\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\/\/English below.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Magnus P\u00e1lsson <\/strong>(b. 1929) has created a life's work in his career that expands the boundaries of art in diverse ways, in the form of sculpture, sound art, performances, video art, book works and teaching. He is one of the most influential advocates of interdisciplinary art in Iceland in the second half of the twentieth century and had strong connections with the international movement of Fluxus artists. Magn\u00fas encouraged Icelandic artists to draw inspiration from their own cultural experiences and also contributed to international cooperation, with the aim of breaking the cultural isolation of Icelandic art from the rest of the world. When looking over his diverse career, it becomes obvious that Magn\u00fas's methods are not only based on experimental activities, interdisciplinary work practices and international cooperation, but also on underlining the role of art in everyday life, which together form a coherent philosophy of art where everything is possible.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Magnus-Palsson-Photo-by-Steinthor-Birgisson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Magnus-Palsson-Photo-by-Steinthor-Birgisson.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Magnus-Palsson-Photo-by-Steinthor-Birgisson-1800x1013.png 1800w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Magnus-Palsson-Photo-by-Steinthor-Birgisson-800x450.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adam-Buffington-Headshot-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adam-Buffington-Headshot-scaled.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adam-Buffington-Headshot-1800x1350.jpeg 1800w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Adam-Buffington-Headshot-800x600.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><strong>Adam Buffington<\/strong> is a sound artist and musicologist working on the border between scholarship and artistic practice He specializes in contemporary art and music in Iceland, as well as Fluxus and art development in the latter half of the 20th century, with research focuses on interdisciplinary creation, international collaboration, storytelling and aesthetics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>His research has appeared in <i>Art in Iceland<\/i>, <i>Current Musicology<\/i> and <i>Artzine.is<\/i>, in addition to which he has presented papers at conferences such as the American Musicological Society and the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, as well as at Myrkir m\u00fasikdagar (2025), the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Hartt School of Music As a close associate of Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson, Buffington works as editor and lead author of a comprehensive essay on Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson's life's work, which is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Buffington is also a co-founder <i>Mumbling Eye<\/i>, an independent publishing company that specializes in rare and unreleased Icelandic sound art, together with the visual artist Tuma Magn\u00fasson. <i>Mumbling Eye<\/i> has published <i>Gapassipi<\/i> and <i>No one Swallows the Sun<\/i>, two sound installations by Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson, which have been discussed in <i>I Care If You Listen<\/i>, <i>Medium<\/i>, <i>Bridge<\/i> and <i>Scandinavian Studies<\/i>, in addition to having been played on Resonance FM (London), Montez Press Radio (New York), R\u00daV (Reykjav\u00edk) and Helsinki Open Waves (Helsinki). Next project <i>Mumbling Eye<\/i> is a version of audio poems by \u00c1stu Fanney Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir on vinyl record, which will be released in 2025.<\/div>\n<div>Buffington received her PhD in historical musicology from Ohio State University in 2020 and lives in Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\/\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Originally trained as a theatrical stage and costume designer, Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson (b. 1929) has cultivated a diverse oeuvre inhibiting the intersections of sculpture, book art, pedagogy, performance and video. Considered one of the most influential contributions of international trade, fluxus-adjacent practices in Iceland during the secondary education of the collective's \u2019transportation of commercial organization\".<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Adam Buffington<\/strong> is a sound artist and musicologist traveling the boundaries between practitioner and scholar. Specializing in contemporary art and music in Iceland, as well as Fluxus and later 20th-century developments, his research focuses on issues concerning internationality, transnationalism, historiography, and aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p>His research has been published in <em>Art in Iceland<\/em>, <em>Current Musicology<\/em> and <em>Artzine.is<\/em>, and has been presented at the American Musicological Society, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, Dark Music Days Festival (2025), Iceland University of the Arts and the Hartt School of Music. A close collaborator of international artist Magn\u00fas P\u00e1lsson, Buffington is currently the editor &amp; senior writer of a comprehensive monitor on P\u00e1lsson's oeuvre. The book's projected publication date is autumn 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside visual artist Tumi Magn\u00fasson, Buffington is the co-founder of Mumbling Eye, an independent record label dedicated to the publication of rare and unreleased Icelandic sound art. Mumbling Eye's releases Gapassipi and Engin Gleypir S\u00f3lina (both sound installations by P\u00e1lsson) have been featured in I Care If You Listen, Medium, Bridge, and Scandinavian Studies, and have been broadcast by Resonance FM (London, UK), Montez Press Radio (New York City, USA), R\u00daV (Reykjavik, Iceland) and Helsinki Open Waves (Helsinki, Finland), among others. 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