Magnús Pálsson, Enginn gleypir sólina

Magnús Pálsson, Enginn gleypir sólina 45-Page Hardback Book Contains: 2023 Liner Notes by Adam Buffington (in English & Icelandic) 1993 Exhibition Notes by Magnús Pálsson (in English & Icelandic) Exhibition and Script Photographs About In February 1993, at artist Hannes Lárusson’s Gallerí 11 in Reykjavik, Magnús Pálsson exhibited two installations, one in each of the gallery’s two rooms. In the first was Enginn Gleypir Sólina (No One Swallows The Sun). In the adjacent room was its companion work Herra Túrpur Jónsson (Mister Túrpur Jónsson). Each room featured four wall-mounted loudspeakers, one in each corner emanating vocalized grunts, sighs, and syllables in between extensive passages of Icelandic and nonsensical language. On the floor beneath each loudspeaker was a generous mound of snuff tobacco. Upon each pile was a cluster of sizable, hand-painted paper-mâché noses. The snuff evoked a sense of nostalgia, its smell permeated Gallerí 11 as the loudspeakers relayed various anecdotes, verses, and vernacular expressions Pálsson heard throughout...   more credits released May 1, 2023 Text: Magnús Pálsson, Adam Buffington Translations: Magnús Pálsson, Frances Cowan, Tumi Magnússon Photos: Hannes Lárusson, Frances Cowan CD Photo: Kristinn G. Harðarson Design: Tumi Magnússon Print: Prentmet Oddi, Reykjavik CD Production: Myndbandavinnslan, Reykjavík Performers: Baldvin Halldórsson, Eyvindur Erlendsson, Guðbjörg Thoroddsen, Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir, Karl Guðmundsson, Magnús Pálsson, Tumi Magnússon Direction: Eyvindur Erlendsson Sound Recording and Mixing: Júlíus Agnarsson Supported by the Icelandic Visual Arts Fund Published by Mumbling Eye, 2023 © Magnús Pálsson and Mumbling Eye