{"id":25792,"date":"2025-06-02T17:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=25792"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:57:23","slug":"kelechi-anna-hafstad","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/verkefni\/kelechi-anna-hafstad\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelechi Anna Hafsta\u00f0ur"},"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>Kelechi Anna Hafsta\u00f0ur <\/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\/06\/KELECHI03-1800x1200.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\t\t\t\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 Writer\/\/The Writer<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns\"  >\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><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These drawn poems<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">delight deals with the fragile nature of creativity as it faces the enticing need for outside acceptance The work is rooted in my personal experience of growing up with, nurturing, and eventually losing the joy I once felt in writing, a creation that previously gave me comfort The themes explored in the work have shaped my artistic approach To reconnect with the childlike joy of creativity, I (often difficult) tried to let go of preconceived expectationsI wanted to allow myself to try different styles and to be open to unexpected discoveries and beautiful imperfections.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\/\/<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This animated poem reflections on the fragility of creativity when related with the seductive pull of external selection. It is rooted in my personal experience of growing up with, nurturing, and ultimately losing the joy I once found in writing, a once comforting creative outlet. The themes explained in the work shared my artistic approach. In seeking with the childlike joy of creativity, I strove (and often stressed) to let go of fixed expectations, embrace experimentation across a range of animation techniques, and to remain open to accidental and beneficial.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by: Sisters Lumiere<\/em><\/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>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-id=\"25794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI02-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI02-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI02-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI02-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-id=\"25793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI01-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI01-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI01-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI01-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI03-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI03-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI03-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KELECHI03-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":25795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_departmens_cat":0,"wds_primary_programs_global_cat":0,"wds_primary_global_cat":0,"wds_primary_projects_year_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"departmens_cat":[116],"programs_global_cat":[205,184],"global_cat":[],"projects_year_cat":[246],"class_list":["post-25792","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","departmens_cat-honnunardeild","programs_global_cat-grafisk-honnun","programs_global_cat-utskriftarverkefni","projects_year_cat-246"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/25792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/25792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37993,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/25792\/revisions\/37993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"departmens_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departmens_cat?post=25792"},{"taxonomy":"programs_global_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs_global_cat?post=25792"},{"taxonomy":"global_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_cat?post=25792"},{"taxonomy":"projects_year_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects_year_cat?post=25792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}