#Finnbogi Petursson

[jgthirlwell]

At the link above - recording of the week on the British Library blog is a recording of freq_out, the sound art collective curated by Carl Michael von Hausswolff of which I am a member. On this recording we are performing as the "freq_out orchestra" at freq_out 7 as part of the Happy New Ears Festival in Kortrijk, Belgium 9.13.08

[womenofnoise]

Jana Winderen by Finnbogi Petursson

[jsoliday]

freq_out is a sound installation comprised of 12 individual sound works each utilizing a specific frequency range, made on site, and amplified to act as a single, generative sound-space

artists: Jana Winderen, JG Thirlwell, Mike Harding, Maia Urstad, Permagnus Lindborg, BJ Nilsen, Christine Ödlund, Finnbogi Petursson, Tommi Grönlund & Petteri Nisunen, Anna Ceeh & Franz Pomassl, Jacob Kirkegaard and Kent Tankred.

http://freq-out.org/

[elmarinterior]

Referencia

Finnbogi Petursson - Koutoubia 2012

4th Marrakech Biennale 2012, Koutoubia mosque, Marrakech, Morocco

[thomforsyth]

Steam Room | Finnbogi Petursson

[artsimply]

Wood Street Galleries Experience: SECOND/SECOND

"I am always trying to capture phenomena such as sound, water, fire, shadow, and light, and channel them along new grooves, turn them into something other than what they are. These are phenomena that you feel and think about, but never see.”

--Finnbogi Petursson

Icelandic artist Finnbogi Petursson titles the show SECOND/SECOND and it is his first solo show in the United States. The show itself is split into two exhibits, with each one being displayed on a different floor. For those of you unfamiliar with Wood Street Galleries, the gallery itself shares the building with a T stop, so the second and third floors of the building are devoted to the gallery. However, both floors are rather small and are usually devoted to just one exhibit at a time. This really works for SECOND/SECOND, because while the two exhibits are related, they are still very different and the split exhibition space allows you to experience the both separately.

The first exhibit of the show is titled Infra-Supra. Wood Street Galleries describes this exhibit in a very technical way:

“As in his previous water-works, the artist uses three sine waves to create circular patterns on the surface of a large pool build in the entire first floor of Wood Street gallery. Spotlights show the water reflection from a different angle in one large image on an opposite wall. The ripples travel across the water surface; they disappear for a while then appear bit later mixed with the ripples coming from the opposite direction. Together they break up the calm water surface in to negative/positive sinus ripples vibrating below and above the zero line creating infra-supra.”

The room itself is rather dark, with the only light source being spotlights close to the ceiling of the room. A pool of water takes up most of the floor, and light reflects off the water to create a ripple patterned reflection on a blank wall. A low sound is emitted whenever the sine waves are created, which is both somehow overwhelming to your ears (mostly at first) but still somehow comforting and calming. The exhibit itself is very unique, and it’s something I could probably sit and look at for hours.

However, it’s on thing to hear about the exhibit and an entirely different thing to actually experience it. Good thing I’ve got a short video of it!

Cool, right?! The audio isn’t as obvious on the video as it is in real life, so it’s just one of the many reasons why you should go see this exhibit in person.

The next exhibit of the show is titled Tesla Tune and is is dedicated to inventor Nikola Tesla. Another technical description from Wood Street Galleries:

“The installation emits sound that comes from an alternating current transformer, which is lead through a programmer (time-adjusted frequency equalizer and switch box) to channel the sound through eight different outputs—pipes. These eight pipes of different lengths hang from the galley’s ceiling, producing what seem to be different sounds, but the frequency is always the same, 60 Hz. The lengths of the pipes affect the pitch.”

This room is much brighter than the first room, though the far corner of it is left dark. The room itself has a curved shape to it. Large, comfortable beanbag chairs are placed in the darkened area of the room, forcing viewers to face the ends of the pipes. Sound is clearly the most powerful element of the exhibit and it almost takes on a physical form. In fact, if you lay back and close your eyes, everything else drops away other than just the sound. For a moment, it’s just blackness and that noise. It really is an entirely unique experience, and something I wouldn’t mind going to again. (Besides, those beanbags are very comfy! I wouldn’t mind taking a nap in them)

Again, the audio of this video just does not do the exhibit justice at all. It’s definitely better to be there to get the full experience.

As always, this description is nowhere near as good as seeing the show in person! For any of you in Downtown Pittsburgh, make sure to stop by Wood Street Galleries! SECOND/SECOND runs through December 31st, so it’s not like you have too much of an excuse to miss it. Wood Street Galleries is located at 601 Wood Street and is free to the public. Read below for hours!

Hours:

Wednesday and Thursday: 11 am – 6 pm

Friday and Saturday: 11 am – 8 pm

Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm

[thefunofbeinganadult]

Finnbogi Petursson, Francesca Habsburg and Sigtryggur Baldursson, Vienna, September 2013. 

[mofo-ehmo]

finnbogi petursson

- "Earth"

[lafilleblanc]

Finnbogi Pétursson  @ The Rewire Festival

Trio 2011, detail

[jgthirlwell]

freq-out is a sound art collective founded and curated by CM Von Hausswolff  in 2003, and it primarily creates site specific sound installations. JG Thirlwell has been a member of the group since its inception.

The latest iteration of freq_out is freq_out 11, designed for interactivity on the internet through the Copenhagen based online radio station The Lake. It consists of a web-mixer and twelve unique and looped minor compositions that may be heard separately or altogether, depending on the mixer faders positions and the web-composer (this being the person behind the computer of course).

Participating artists are JG Thirlwell, Jana Winderen, Mike Harding, Maia Urstad, Permagnus Lindborg, BJ Nilsen, Christine Ödlund, Finnbogi Petursson, Tommi Grönlund & Petteri Nisunen, Anna Ceeh & Franz Pomassl, Jacob Kirkegaard and Kent Tankred.

Go to freq_out 11 here To operate the mixer, move the small squares up and down with your cursor - those are your faders.

[elmarinterior]

Referencia

Finnbogi Petursson - Deep 2010

Reykjavik University 120m² , 4m deep pool of water, 2kw light. 3hz sinus wave.

(A sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical curve that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation. A sine wave is a continuous wave. It is named after the function sine, of which it is the graph. It occurs often in pure and applied mathematics, as well as physics, engineering, signal processing and many other fields. )

[cindysaysuaua]

Finnbogi Petursson

"In Reset 2011 I´m using tree sinus waves to create circular patterns on the surface of a large pool build in the gallery. Spotlights shows the water reflection from different angle in one image on a opposite wall. The ripples travel across the water surface, they disappear for a short time when they reach a soft line in the middle of the piece , then appear bit later mixed with the ripples coming from the opposite direction. To gather they form a 3hz dreamless drawing. There are four categories of brainwaves, ranging from the most activity to the least activity. Delta brainwaves are the lowest brainwave frequency, they range from 1,5Hz - 4,0 Hz, but are the highest in amplitude. Delta waves are considered the Deepest possible level of mind / body relaxation and are commonly associated with the deepest sleep state and a state of unconscious awareness. 3hz lies just on the border between delta and theta waves, just after you stop dreaming."

  Sphere 2006.

I saw these cute little artworks in Pittsburgh, about a year ago at Wood Street Galleries. I think liked my company during that exhibition much more then the actual artwork, but they are cute i guess.

[elmarinterior]

Referencia :

Finnbogi Petursson - Reset 2011

Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh - USA

[jgthirlwell]

10/22/14 At the inauguration of the freq_out permanent sound installation at the Skandion Klinik in Uppsala, Sweden. From left, JG Thirlwell, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Finnbogi Petursson, BJ Nilsen. I should've brought an overcoat. Photo by Anna Ceeh.

[thefunofbeinganadult]

Finnbogi Petursson, Vienna, September 2013