{"id":22535,"date":"2025-04-03T12:05:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?post_type=events&#038;p=22535"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:11:41","slug":"22535","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/22535\/","title":{"rendered":"CURIOSITY UNBOUND\/\/Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir"},"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<\/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\/04\/IMG_8328-1800x1350.jpg\" 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>4.April 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=CURIOSITY UNBOUND \/\/ Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir&#038;dates=20250404T130000Z\/20250404T140000Z&#038;details=Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/22535\/&#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\/22535\/%0ADTSTART:20250404T130000Z%0ADTEND:20250404T140000Z%0ASUMMARY:CURIOSITY UNBOUND \/\/ Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/22535\/%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\/22535\/%0ADTSTART:20250404T130000Z%0ADTEND:20250404T140000Z%0ASUMMARY:CURIOSITY UNBOUND \/\/ Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/22535\/%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>The fifth guest in the lecture series of the art department in the spring of 2025 is Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir. The lecture is open to everyone and takes place in the lecture hall L193, Laugarnes from 13:00 - 14:00.<\/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-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\/\/English below.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir's art has its roots in painting and nature.<\/p>\n<p>She developed her passionate interest in nature through travel to distant places, including Svalbard and elsewhere. Also by looking at natural history museums as well as researching and learning about the tradition of landscape painting.<\/p>\n<p>Anna likes to work with the exhibition space and activates it as an aspect of the overall work She wonders how one can define oneself, as part of nature today and what possibilities exist to be more aware of one's own history in relation to the universal history.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Anna began collaborating with a group of international scientists whose research topic was \u201eVolcanoes, Climate and History\u201c From this collaboration, texts published internationally and two art exhibitions have emerged, the solo exhibition \u201eCuriosity Unbound\u201c in Bielefeld, Germany, 2023 and the group exhibition \u201eMagma Rising\u201c at the Heong Gallery, Cambridge University, UK, 2025.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/magmarising.org\/\"> https:\/\/magmarising.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir will discuss these things in the lecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The organizers of the spring 2025 lecture series are:<\/strong><br \/>\nSirra Sigr\u00fan Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, Docent &amp; Professional Director of BA Art.<br \/>\nP\u00e1ll Haukur Bj\u00f6rnsson, Lecturer &amp; Professional Director of BA Art.<\/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-22538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/annag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/annag.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/annag-1800x1350.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/annag-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/>\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<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> born in Reykjav\u00edk and raised in the Voga district and in \u00deingvellir, she studied at Iceland's School of Art and Crafts and at the University of the Arts in Hamburg, Germany, from which she graduated in the 1990s. Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir has received awards for her work, both in Iceland and abroad, including the Edwin Scharff Prize from Hamburg (2007) and the Edstrand Stiftelsens Art Prize in Sweden (1999). She has held numerous exhibitions internationally, such as at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris (1998) and at the Falckenberg Museum, Deichtorhallen in Hamburg (2025). Her exhibition \u201epars pro toto\u201c in the Hafnarh\u00fasin (2019) was nominated for the Icelandic Fine Arts Prize She currently lives and works in Hamburg.<\/span><\/p>\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-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:separator --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<p><!-- \/wp:separator --><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fifth guest in the Fine Art department's spring 2025 lecture series is Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir. The lecture is open to all and takes place in lecture hall L193, LH\u00cd Laugarnes from 13:00 - 14:00.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>.T.O.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir's art is deeply rooted in painting and nature. Her passionate interest in nature has shaped her art. By going on field trips to far away places like Spitzbergen, visiting diverse Natural History museums as well as studying the tradition of landscape painting she has consistently developed her body of work.<\/p>\n<p>In her exhibitions and projects she makes the space a part of her work. She is interested in how we define our today as a part of nature and how we can be more aware of our own history in relation to our collective memory.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2022 she has been working as a fellow with a group of international scientists on the topics of volcano, climate and history, which have recovered in scientific papers as well as two exhibitions Her solo exhibition \u201eCuriosity unbound\u201c in Bielefeld, Germany (2023) was followed by the group show \u201eMagma Rising\u201c in the Heong Gallery, Cambridge University, UK (2025).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/magmarising.org\">https:\/\/magmarising.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Gu\u00f0j\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> was born in Reykjav\u00edk and was raised in Vogahverfi\u00f0 and in \u00deingvellir. She studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts and at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Germany, where she graduated in the nineties. Gudj\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir has received awards for her work, both in Iceland and abroad, such as the Edwin Scharff Prize from Hamburg (2007) and the Edstrandska Stiftelsens Art Award in Sweden (1999).  She has had numerous exhibitions internationally, such as in the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (1998) and in the Falckenberg collection, Deichtorhallen in Hamburg (2025). Her exhibition \u201epars pro toto\u201c in Hafnarh\u00fasi\u00f0 (2019) was nominated for the Icelandic Art Award. She currently lives and works in Hamburg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The organizers of the spring 2025 lecture series are:<\/strong><br \/>\nSirra Sigr\u00fan Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, Associate Professor of Fine Art &amp; BA Program Director<br \/>\nP\u00e1ll Haukur Bj\u00f6rnsson, Assistant Professor &amp; BA Program Director<\/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\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_departmens_cat":0,"wds_primary_global_cat":0,"wds_primary_events_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"departmens_cat":[122],"global_cat":[],"events_cat":[125],"class_list":["post-22535","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","departmens_cat-myndlistardeild","events_cat-fyrirlestrarod-myndlistadeildar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/22535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22535"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/22535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22544,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/22535\/revisions\/22544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"departmens_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departmens_cat?post=22535"},{"taxonomy":"global_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_cat?post=22535"},{"taxonomy":"events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events_cat?post=22535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}