Freya Björg Olafson

Bio

Freya Björg Olafson is an intermedia artist who works with video, audio, painting and performance. Her creations have been presented and exhibited internationally at festivals and galleries such as the Plug In Institute for Contemporary Art (WInnipeg), InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre (Toronto), Winnipeg Art Gallery, O.K. Centrum (Linz, Austria), Kling&Bang Gallen (Reykjavik, Iceland) and SECCA-South Eastern Centre for Contemporary Art (North Carolina, USA).

Works

HYPER_

2012
Freya Björg Olafson

The word ‘hyper’ is derived from the Greek ‘above, beyond or outside’. In mathematics, hyper is used as a prefix, to denote four or more dimensions. Specifically, this work explores the possibility of passing to a fourth dimension wherein perception of past, present, and future becomes more fluid. This video was created in residency at Studio 303 Interdisciplinary Performance Centre in Montreal.

Painting With the Man

2017
Freya Björg Olafson

'Painting With the Man’ was developed through the use of a camera-less motion capture suit worn by Freya Olafson. The work references Yves Klien’s Anthropométries 1960 series; wherein Klein engaged nude women as 'human paint brushes'.

Threshold

2014
Freya Björg Olafson

Threshold was filmed during a single day in the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin; Olafson’s video records the artist responding to the subtle yet repetitive movements of László Moholy-Nagy’s Light Prop for an Electric Stage.

Brief Encounters & Sustained Engagement

2012
Freya Björg Olafson

Brief Encounters & Sustained Engagement is part of the AVATAR series exploring methods of creating, validating and disseminating one’s identity through the use of technology and the Internet. The series is inspired by the mantra “I post therefore I am”, whereby Internet users legitimize their existence by documenting their lives and uploading this media to personal webpages and blogs. The work in this series facilitates an inquiry into our desire to share and publicize our lives.

2 B

2011
Freya Björg Olafson

2 B is part of the AVATAR series exploring methods of creating, validating and disseminating one’s identity through the use of technology and the Internet.

Core to Distal

2011
Freya Björg Olafson

Created through the use of virtual bodies found online, “Core to Distal” is part of the”Keystroke Choreographies” series.

Flying Low

2011
Freya Björg Olafson

Created through the use of virtual bodies found online, “Flying Low” is part of the “Keystroke Choreographies” series. Each of the videos in this series is a compositional study utilizing popular contemporary dance principals and techniques as a framework for virtual choreography. Developed by David Zambrano, Flying Low is a movement technique that focuses on the dancers’ relationship with the floor. Simple movement patterns that involve breathing, speed and the release of energy throughout the

Release Technique

2011
Freya Björg Olafson

Created through the use of virtual bodies found online, “Release Technique” is part of the “Keystroke Choreographies” series. Each of the videos in this series are compositional studies utilizing popular contemporary dance principals and techniques as a framework for virtual choreography.

CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome)

2010
Freya Björg Olafson

CVS (Computer Vision Syndrome) is part of the AVATAR series exploring methods of creating, validating and disseminating one’s identity through the use of technology and the Internet.