The story of Seydisfjordur, a small fishing town in Iceland, will soon come to life in an old townhouse in Edinburgh, thanks to the work of two local artists.
According to Scotsman News, the roof of an old building will soon become an art installation depicting the remote Icelandic fishing port.
The art installation will feature traditional sculptures as well as using modern media methods to tell the story of the fishing town. Projected video interviews and neon signs will also be part of the piece.
Mhari Baxter and Melissa MacRobert are the artists behind the idea. The 20-year-olds are both graduates of the Edinburgh College of Art and have been researching material related to the installation for the past few months.
They decided to use 59 Jeffrey Street as the location. Miss Baxter described the place: “It’s quite run-down, and there is a lot of building work going an around it, which gave it a feel that really reminded us of this community in Iceland.”
Part of the installation includes sculptures of black beer bottles representing an Icelandic beer which was marketed after an oil spill in the middle of the 19th century.
A local man who became obsessed with a murder in the town is featured in one of the video projections. The artists will also be recreating their version of the neon sign which welcomes visitors to the town in Iceland.
The installation will be ready for visitors this weekend.
It was only for the public, the British and American soldiers could buy beer,
i don’t think there have been any other oil spills in Iceland,
all the oil has been removed from El Grillo now,
it is in a pretty good shape because of all the fresh water that runs into the sea where it is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sey%C3%B0isfj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur
http://www.lhg.is/starfsemi/stjornsyslusvid/frettir/nr/869
Couldn’t have been that one Axel – prohibition was still in place.
Sounds like some serious ice fishing.
Sounds like a great town – fishing and black oil beer – i’d like to visit there
The only oil spill i remeber in Seyðisfjorður in the last century was when German bombers sank EL Grillo in WW2, it was a US oil suply ship,
that was in 1944, it was full of oil
4-5000 liters have been removed from it since and at least 500 bombs, it still leaks oil.
A beer based on a 19th century oil spill? This I have to see!