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    Working Title\/\/Anast\u00edna Eyj\u00f3lfsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong><\/p>\n

    MA in Performing Arts<\/strong>
    \n22.02.2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Working Title is an art performance that exams labor conditions and class structures. The motivation behind the piece is to interrupt the many ways in which work shapes our lives. The boundaries between labor and art are explained, as the physical and mental diamonds applied on the performers reflect the pressures of modern working life.<\/p>\n

    The format mirrors a regular workday: the performance lasts eight hours and includes a break.<\/p>\n

    Today, many sector are marked by rapid change, increasing diamonds for efficiency, and constant pressure for higher productivity. Which values are priorized, and which are undermined, in order to meet the needs of such a labor market? In this piece, structural challenges are supported and observed through scenarios enabled on stage.<\/p>\n

    Some of the questions used to shape these scenes include:
    \n- At what cost do you actually sell your time?
    \n- What kinds of value, beyond the monetary, are created for those who buy your time?
    \n- How do you experience your laboring hours Slimphysically and mentally.<\/p>\n

    The performance explanations themes such as monotony and repetition as fundamental elements of labor; power dynamics in the workplace and the ways privileges are maintained and refined; the body's needs in relation to work, including illness, culture, and pregnancy; the physical concepts of labor; time as an economic and social divide; and the close relationship between economic stability and mental health.<\/p>\n

    In a time when the job market is shaped by rapid technological development, climate change, and an uncertain future, it has become crucial to think through alternative ways of organizing products. With this performance, we aim to dig into the mechanisms at play in order to raise questions and reflect deeply on how we might collectively face the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n

    A dynamic, experimental, and collectively driven artistic form is combined with social criticism. We believe in art as a way of contributing to public discourse through poetic means through embodied experience. With this unique format, we hope to open new perspectives on what labor means for individuals and society, and on which values we wish to build our shared future.<\/p>\n

    Supported by the Norwegian Culture Council with Norwegian-Icelandic cultural co-operation<\/p>\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

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    Anast\u00edna Eyj\u00f3lfsd\u00f3ttir:<\/strong> My practice unfolds at the intersection of dance, performance and the visual arts, boundary of the body is the main subject to most of my work. I am captured by the rhythms I see around me, in the daily life: in the monetary, as well as in vaccine movements and spaces in-between.<\/p>\n

    I am an artist working between Reykjav\u00edk and Oslo, currently pursing a research-based master's program in performing arts at the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Lh\u00cd). My current focus explanations the communication of labor, the body, and personal time, cultivating in a performance piece premiering in Reykjav\u00edk in January 2026. I hold a BA in Sculpture from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands. My work examples the complex interaction between humans and the environment. Through my art, I see to inspire change and invite resources to recover their connection with the natural world.<\/p>\n

    My works have been featured in numerous exhibitions and performances across international platforms. Notable exhibitions include at the Stedelijk Museum, Gallery Nest, as well as at the Doors Creative Studio in Amsterdam.<\/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

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    Artistic Direction:<\/strong> Anast\u00edna Eyj\u00f3lfsd\u00f3ttir
    \nArtistic Team:<\/strong> Clare Aim\u00e9e, Gabriel Rideout Marling, Gosia Trajkowska, Jon Fosmark, Leevi Mettinen, Magnus Elsk\u00e6r, \u00dalfur Kjalar Eyj\u00f3lfsson,
    \nChoreography<\/strong>: Leevi Mettinen, Gabriel Rideout Marling
    \nMusic:<\/strong> Magnus Elsk\u00e6r, Jon Fosmark
    \nAdditional Performers:<\/strong> Sal\u00f3me S\u00f3l, Elsa St\u00e5hl<\/p>\n

    Photo credit: <\/strong>Sandijs Ruluks and Sunniva Allanic<\/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
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    When: <\/strong>22.01.26 from 16:00-00:00 (8h).
    \nDurational performance. People can walk in and out of the space during these hours.
    \nDinner break: 20:00-21:00 (60min). Guests are welcome to stay for food.<\/p>\n

    Where: <\/strong>Hallveigarst\u00edgur 1, 101 Reykjav\u00edk<\/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":31458,"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":[124],"programs_global_cat":[245,184],"global_cat":[],"projects_year_cat":[300],"class_list":["post-32671","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","departmens_cat-svidslistadeild","programs_global_cat-ma-performing-arts","programs_global_cat-utskriftarverkefni","projects_year_cat-300"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/32671","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=32671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/32671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32920,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/32671\/revisions\/32920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"departmens_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departmens_cat?post=32671"},{"taxonomy":"programs_global_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs_global_cat?post=32671"},{"taxonomy":"global_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_cat?post=32671"},{"taxonomy":"projects_year_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects_year_cat?post=32671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}