CURRICULUM VITAE
RAGNAR HELGI ÓLAFSSON
Oktober 5th 1971, Reykjavik
Adress: Asendi 8,
IS-108 Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel.: +(354) 822 48 58 & +(354) 553 79 38
E-mail: ragnar@webwaste.net
EDUCATION
1999 - 2001 École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d'Aix-en-Provence - Fine Arts
1999- 000 0 Université d'Aix-Marseille
1998 - 0000 The New York Film Academy - Film directing
1991 - 1997 Faculty of Philosophy - University of Iceland, ReykjavikEXHIBITIONS
2003 Melkweg-theater, Amsterdam, Holland, 21/05 & 22/05
« Budget Motel & Room 2.6 » Contemporary dance piece and interactive sound installation (collaboration with Paola Tognazzi)
2002 La Villette, Paris - Digit@rt: La Villette Biannal, 25/9 -10/10
« www.WebWaste.net » Web-site. Universal-digital rubbish dump. One server and an unlimitied number of participants.
2002 Austurbær, Reykjavik 29/11
« Life, death, happiness & stuff » Sound sensative visuals, vj-ing and video projections at concerts of musical group Ske
2002 GrandRokk, Reykjavík. 5/6 – 15/6
« Immigrant Song » Interactive sound installation (outdoor), for 6 speakers, 2 microphones, a computer and a bar
2002 STEIM-Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland. 15/1 - 29/1
« PetSounds » Interactive sound installation, for 8 speakers, a microphone and a computer
2002 ADM in Neveritaweg, Amsterdam. 28/1
« E. A. Poetry » An interactive sound and video performance (with Peter Sinclair, Nao Tanaka and Raphaelle Campana)
2001 Espace Sextius, Aix-en-Provence, France. 4/6 - 15/10
« EchoHomo » Interactive sound installation, for 6 speakers, 7 walls of rockwool, a microphone and a computerOTHER MEDIA: FILM
« x=x2 » Short film (fiction), 16 mm, black & white, 11 min., 1999
« The Polka Rats » Short film (fiction), 16 mm, black & white, 4 min., 1999
« Wor(l)ds » Short film (fiction), 16 mm, black & white, 1999
OTHER MEDIA: RADIO
Series of five radio programs: « Rising century » for R.U.V. (Iceland State Broadcasting Corporation).1999HONOURS
Artist-in-residence at STEIM, Amsterdam, Holland. April/May 2003.DISCOURSE (selected)
« Was there then » – STEIM Discussion series. Presentation and panel discussion. Steim, Amsterdam, Holland, 20.05.2003.
« Heimspeki & myndlist ». Presentation and panel discussion with Páll Theyer, Már Örlygsson and Margrét Elísabet Ólafsdóttir.
University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, 16.11.2003.BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)
« Kannski verdur til ... », interview. Hei›a Jóhannsdóttir, Morgunbladid, Reykjavík, Iceland. 4.1.2003
« Poubelle a pixel », review and interview. Marie Lechner, Libération, Paris, France, 11.10.2002
« Work of ... », interview. Wang Xueqing, Art and Design, Shanghai, China, 6.2001.WORKS IN PROGRESS
« View&I » An interactive sound and video installation for five computers, five cameras, five projectors.
« The Roy Travis Story » Narrative animations (16mm & video), 7 episodes.