Erla S. Haraldsdóttir: "Langenhagen"

September 28 to November 26, 2006

You and your friends are cordially invited to the opening on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 8 pm.

Greetings:
Holger Graab, Chairman

Introduction:
Veronika Olbrich, Curator and
Dr. Annette von Stieglitz

Empty space next to the Elisabeth church

Introduction

Erla Haraldsdóttir (born 1967 in Reykjavik/Iceland, lives in Berlin and Reykjavik) studied art at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the Valand Art Academy in Gothenburg. In 2005/2006 she had a stipend in conjunction with the international studio program in the Künstlerhaus Bethanien and lives in Berlin since them.

Erla Haraldsdóttir began to manipulate photographs of her familiar environment over five years ago. With subtle interventions, she transformed pictures of the main street in her hometown Reykjavik, for example, into a kind of Chinatown for the project "Here, There and Everywhere" (together with Bo Melin, 2001). Other pictures recall an oriental bazaar. The known architectural features of the Icelandic capital remain recognizable. But upon closer examination, the signs, posters, and Southern European-looking people and goods that cannot necessarily be found in Iceland leads to a considerable disorientation of the viewer as migrants from Southern Europe are usually not found Iceland's small monocultural cities. There are no fruit stands on the streets and the advertisements found in public spaces are by no means as aggressive as they are in Western Europe. In further projects realized in small Swedish and Norwegian cities, Erla Haraldsdóttir (in collaboration with Bo Melin) tracked down the atmosphere of each town and drastically altered them.

In her most recent computer animated film "Sad with Satie" (2006), she makes the emotional torments of a woman crossed in love by portraying the protagonist's everyday life sensuously comprehendible.

For the exhibition "Langenhagen", she produced a series of photo collages and a computer animation that cast an analytical view of a typical small German city and its heterogeneous architecture. The project for the Kunstverein Langenhagen is her first project of this type to be realized in Germany. For these works, she utilized photographs and drawings after pictures she took in Havana/Cuba, Berlin, and Reykjavik. She seamlessly combines the pictures from completely different worlds together, which we do not notice at first sight. Erla Haraldsdóttir consciously thwarts our patterns of perception. She thus created playful possibilities of alternative ways of seeing our familiar surroundings.

Program

Friday, October 6, 3 p.m.
Guidet tour for teachers with suggestions for related classroom work
Contact 0511 778929

Wednesday, October 11, 6.30 p.m.
"City Pictures - Picture City" - (My) Look at four Places in Langenhagen
Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Hölscher, Division head, Planning and Building, City of Langenhagen

Sunday, October 29, 3 to 6.30 p.m.
"Langenhagen Staged" - Children's Workshop (age 8 and up)
Conducted by Bettina Schoor, Cultural Scientist/Stage Designer
Contact: 0511 778929

Sunday, November 12, 3 to 6.30 p.m.
"Langenhagen Staged" - Children's Workshop (age 8 and up)
Conducted by Bettina Schoor, Cultural Scientist/Stage Designer
Contact: 0511 778929

Thursday, November 23, 8 p.m.
Artist discussion with Erla Haraldsdóttir
"The Culture of the City. Strategies of Perception and Artistic Intervention"
Lecture: Dr. Ralf Rummel-Suhrcke, art historian and cultural scientist, Bremen

Sunday, November 26, 4 to 6 p.m.
"Guided Tour for the Whole Family" - Paper-chase following the traces of Erla Haraldsdóttir's views of the city
Conducted by Bettina Schoor, Cultural Scientist/Stage Designer
Contact: 0511 778929

Guided Tours: Every Friday 6 p.m. and by appointment


Archiv	Deutsch Erla S. Haraldsdóttir: "Langenhagen" September 28 to November 26, 2006 You and your friends are cordially invited to the opening on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at 8 pm. Greetings: Holger Graab, Chairman Introduction: Veronika Olbrich, Curator and Dr. Annette von Stieglitz Introduction Erla Haraldsdóttir (born 1967 in Reykjavik/Iceland, lives in Berlin and Reykjavik) studied art at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm, the San Francisco Art Institute, and the Valand Art Academy in Gothenburg. In 2005/2006 she had a stipend in conjunction with the international studio program in the Künstlerhaus Bethanien and lives in Berlin since them. Erla Haraldsdóttir began to manipulate photographs of her familiar environment over five years ago. With subtle interventions, she transformed pictures of the main street in her hometown Reykjavik, for example, into a kind of Chinatown for the project "Here, There and Everywhere" (together with Bo Melin, 2001). Other pictures recall an oriental bazaar. The known architectural features of the Icelandic capital remain recognizable. But upon closer examination, the signs, posters, and Southern European-looking people and goods that cannot necessarily be found in Iceland leads to a considerable disorientation of the viewer as migrants from Southern Europe are usually not found Iceland's small monocultural cities. There are no fruit stands on the streets and the advertisements found in public spaces are by no means as aggressive as they are in Western Europe. In further projects realized in small Swedish and Norwegian cities, Erla Haraldsdóttir (in collaboration with Bo Melin) tracked down the atmosphere of each town and drastically altered them. In her most recent computer animated film "Sad with Satie" (2006), she makes the emotional torments of a woman crossed in love by portraying the protagonist's everyday life sensuously comprehendible. For the exhibition "Langenhagen", she produced a series of photo collages and a computer animation that cast an analytical view of a typical small German city and its heterogeneous architecture. The project for the Kunstverein Langenhagen is her first project of this type to be realized in Germany. For these works, she utilized photographs and drawings after pictures she took in Havana/Cuba, Berlin, and Reykjavik. She seamlessly combines the pictures from completely different worlds together, which we do not notice at first sight. Erla Haraldsdóttir consciously thwarts our patterns of perception. She thus created playful possibilities of alternative ways of seeing our familiar surroundings. Program Friday, October 6, 3 p.m. Guidet tour for teachers with suggestions for related classroom work Contact 0511 778929 Wednesday, October 11, 6.30 p.m. "City Pictures - Picture City" - (My) Look at four Places in Langenhagen Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Hölscher, Division head, Planning and Building, City of Langenhagen Sunday, October 29, 3 to 6.30 p.m. "Langenhagen Staged" - Children's Workshop (age 8 and up) Conducted by Bettina Schoor, Cultural Scientist/Stage Designer Contact: 0511 778929 Sunday, November 12, 3 to 6.30 p.m. "Langenhagen Staged" - Children's Workshop (age 8 and up) Conducted by Bettina Schoor, Cultural Scientist/Stage Designer Contact: 0511 778929 Thursday, November 23, 8 p.m. Artist discussion with Erla Haraldsdóttir "The Culture of the City. Strategies of Perception and Artistic Intervention" Lecture: Dr. Ralf Rummel-Suhrcke, art historian and cultural scientist, Bremen Sunday, November 26, 4 to 6 p.m. "Guided Tour for the Whole Family" - Paper-chase following the traces of Erla Haraldsdóttir's views of the city Conducted by Bettina Schoor, Cultural Scientist/Stage Designer Contact: 0511 778929 Guided Tours: Every Friday 6 p.m. and by appointment Sponsors The exhibition and the program is supported by Land Niedersachsen, VGH-Stiftung and the CIA.IS - Center for Icelandic Art. Concept sponsor ist the Sparkasse Hannover Cooperation partners: Stadt Langenhagen, Hannover Airport, Reemtsma and Benatzky Verlag und Medien
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Erla S. Haraldsdóttir: "Langenhagen"

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