Sigurður Guðjónsson opens his solo-exhibition 'Scopes of Inner Transits' at Francisco Carolinum in Linz, Austria, on August 30th 2024.

Curated by Susanne Watzenboeck, this is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Austria, where his Venice Biennale piece "Perpetual Motion" will be shown with three other recent works by Guðjónsson.

Guðjónsson achieved international fame with his installation "Perpetual Motion" (curated by Mónica Bello, CERN Geneva), with which he represented Iceland at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. Named after an age-old dream of humanity, the "perpetuum mobile", the machine that keeps moving without energy supply or time limit, the work shows close-ups of magnetically attracted metal dust in a six-meter-high split screen. The sound layer, which was created in collaboration with composer Valgeir Sigurðsson, is also dedicated to exploring the materiality of the matter pulsating across the screens. Layered electronic sounds, split via granular synthesis into small components called grains, fill the space with continuous vibration. The fusion of image and sound transforms the space into a multi-sensory sculpture that invites a focused, meditative experience.

To learn more about the upcoming exhibition, please visit this link.