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Glámur

Abandoned in 1966 and reputed to be haunted, the herring factory in Hjalteyri, located in the north of Iceland, is today partially transformed into an art center. Initially composed for this center and to be heard in this same place, Glámur is inscribed in this abandonment, in these deserted places, in the history of this small fishing village of about 46 inhabitants.
This sound piece calls upon the Saga of Grettir, and is set in the region where the main character finds himself cursed after a fight with a ghost, Glámur. It reveals the sounds and sonorities of the ruined spaces, making them emerge as invisible elements whose presence comes to haunt and inhabit the place at times.
Today ex-situ, Glámur has been rethought in the form of a score so that it fits into the continuity of the ruin of the factory from which it originates, that it resists in time by reproducing itself.

Installation†, audio piece, 4 min 52