An Interview with Egill Sbjornsson | Berlin Art Link

"Egill Sæbjörnsson is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice bridges visual art, music, performance and architectural interventions. Since the mid-1990s, he's expanded the language of painting and sculpture through his integration of technology, producing works that range from intimate museum installations to large-scale, permanent architectural projects. Born in Iceland and now living and working in Berlin, New York and Reykjavik, his work combines generative video projections with physical objects to create environments that shift between the digital and physical, material and mental realms."

"'My Friend the Art,' Sæbjörnsson's large-scale solo exhibition, which will soon open in Denmark at Nordatlantens Brygge, proposes an alternative framework in which art is understood as a form of evolutionary life developing alongside humanity. Art is reimagined as a force capable of generating joy in collaboration with humans, instead of existing as an object created for passive consumption. Developed in collaboration with Sigríður Björnsdóttir, the Icelandic pioneer of art therapy, the exhibition also explores the healing qualities of art, emphasizing sensory experience, participation and play as key elements for developing new ways of relating to the world and to each other."

Egill Sæbjörnsson is a multidisciplinary artist working across visual art, music, performance and architectural interventions. Since the mid-1990s he has integrated technology into painting and sculpture, creating works that span intimate museum installations to large-scale permanent architectural projects. He combines generative video projections with physical objects to produce environments that shift between digital and physical, material and mental realms. Humor, play and world-building often anchor his practice while probing philosophical questions about human existence and relationships to surroundings. The exhibition 'My Friend the Art' frames art as an evolutionary life form that generates joy, heals, and fosters sensory participation and play.

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