Ragnar Kjartansson

Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs f...

05 de mar. de 2013

Icelandic artist and musician Ragnar Kjartansson’s often intensely durational performance-based works manifest a rare synthesis of pathos and humor...

05 de mai. de 2013

In this seven-channel video installation, two pairs of identical twin musicians circle each other, playing the same endless song.

30 de mai. de 2019

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01 de dez. de 2003

A celebration of creativity, community, and friendship, The Visitors (2012) documents a 64-minute durational performance Kjartansson staged with so...

17 de out. de 2012

No Tomorrow is a new video installation by Kjartansson, choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir, and composer Bryce Dessner. Spanning six screens that e...

29 de out. de 2022

Ragnar Kjartansson meets with American blues musician Pinetop Perkins in a field near Pinetop's home in Austin, Texas. Ragnar films Pinetop in the ...

01 de jan. de 2010

Kjartansson appears bare-chested and buried waist-deep in a Reykjavik public park. Strumming a guitar, he plaintively sings the line—“Satan is real...

01 de jan. de 2004

The video Mercy (2005) presents an alt-country ode consisting of a single lyric — "Oh why do I keep on hurting you" — which Kjartansson, standing a...

10 de fev. de 2005