Þjórsá by Vatnsfell / by Sigalda / by Hrauneyjarfoss / by Búðarháls / by Sultartangi / by Búrfell /by Búrfell II (2025)
Exhibited in the group show Path Across Land at SÍM Gallery 3. - 26. July 2025
From left: by Hrauneyjafoss, by Sigalda
A series of seven digital prints depicting seven coded images of the surface of Þjórsá, the longest river in Iceland. It flows out of seven hydroelectric power plants located on its stream. At these points, the river is transformed, rerouted, piped underground, directed through turbines and up again, finally released on the other side of the industrial architectures, back into a modified riverbed. Agnes photographs the surface of the newly extracted water and converts it into an informational grid. A code that serves as instructions for a photo-realistic cross-stitched image of the water. By aestheticizing the techno-natural water surfaces, Agnes merges the visual language of landscapes and manufacturing that are ever dependent on each other.
Text by curator Liisi Kõuhkna
From left: by Búrfell, by Búrfell II, by Sultartangi
From left: by Búðarháls, by Hrauneyjafoss, by Sultartangi, by Vatnsfell
