{"id":15385,"date":"2022-08-04T11:03:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T11:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/menning.kopavogur.is\/event\/08-18-past-perfect-santiago-mostyn\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T15:16:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T15:16:14","slug":"08-18-past-perfect-santiago-mostyn","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/menning.kopavogur.is\/en\/event\/08-18-past-perfect-santiago-mostyn\/","title":{"rendered":"08-18 (Past Perfect) | Santiago Mostyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this\u00a0newly conceived\u00a0exhibition at Ger\u00f0arsafn, Santiago Mostyn\u00a0presents a\u00a0constellation\u00a0of photographic and moving-image works created across\u00a0the Black Atlantic, focusing\u00a0on\u00a0sites of personal\u00a0significance\u00a0for the artist.\u00a0The photo series\u00a008<\/em><\/span>\u201318 (Past Perfect)<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0presented here for the first time,\u00a0was created over a decade of\u00a0returns to\u00a0Trinidad,\u00a0Zimbabwe,\u00a0Grenada, the\u00a0United States, and Scandinavia.\u00a0Sections of the gallery will be hung with wallpaper treated\u00a0to\u00a0a cyanotype process, which will shift and develop a grey-blue tone\u00a0as they are exposed to the winter sun over the course of the exhibition.<\/p>\n

In the same space, a\u00a0film\u00a0work,\u00a0Drawing for Bellevue Estate<\/em><\/span>, will be shown. The\u00a0film\u00a0was recorded\u00a0in Tobago, the island that\u00a0inspired the landscape of\u00a0Robinson Crusoe, and\u00a0bore\u00a0witness to\u00a0many waves\u00a0of European\u00a0colonial\u00a0exploitation. In the work, we watch four\u00a0men\u00a0cut their way through the\u00a0tropical\u00a0bush, marking territory, but towards an unknown goal. Their mapping\u00a0recalls the\u00a0early ambitions\u00a0of European\u00a0colonists\u00a0to\u00a0claim and industrialize the\u00a0Caribbean, but the film\u00a0also\u00a0focuses on\u00a0the island’s largest\u00a0Silk\u00a0Cotton Tree,\u00a0revered for\u00a0the legend of Gang-Gang Sarah, a\u00a0historical figure whose attempt to\u00a0\u2018fly home\u2019 to Africa by leaping from the tree ended in her death.\u00a0The work, therefore,\u00a0becomes\u00a0a portrait of a landscape where stories of colonialism, slavery,\u00a0mythology, and personal experience meet.<\/p>\n

Santiago Mostyn\u2019s films, installations,\u00a0texts,\u00a0and performances\u00a0often\u00a0explore the\u00a0dissonance\u00a0of lives lived between\u00a0different\u00a0political spheres. His work simultaneously employs footage of historical events, political and cultural figures, and racial injustice to\u00a0speak to\u00a0his own personal histories. Santiago creates an intuitive narrative through layering and collage, whether through video or installation, combining new and archival imagery. His research-like process examines questions of identity and memory, both personal and collective, and the intersections of history with current events.<\/p>\n

Living and working\u00a0between Stockholm and Berlin,\u00a0Santiago Mostyn (b. 1981,\u00a0San Francisco) holds his BA in 2004 from Yale University. After attending St\u00e4delschule from 2006-2007, he received an MA in 2013 from the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm. Santiago was a resident at\u00a0K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien<\/a>\u00a0in 2021, and will be a fellow at Schloss Solitude in 2022. Recent\u00a0exhibitions\u00a0include \u200bThe\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Real Show<\/em><\/span>\u00a0at CAC Br\u00e9tigny (2022),\u00a0Swimming Pool-Troubled Waters<\/em><\/span>\u00a0at K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien,\u00a0Berlin, (2021),\u00a0Deep Listening for Longing<\/em><\/span>\u00a0at the 2021 Bor\u00e5s Art Biennial, Sweden (2021),\u00a0With New Eyes<\/em><\/span>\u00a0at\u00a0Goteborgs Konsthall,\u00a0Gothenburg\u00a0(2021),\u00a0Your Shadow is a Mirror<\/em><\/span>\u00a0at Andr\u00e9hn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden (2021), and\u00a0Grass Widows<\/em><\/span>\u00a0at Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Canada (2020).<\/p>\n

Video still: Drawing for Bellevue Estate, 2018<\/p>\n

4.01.2022-27.03.2022<\/p>\n

Santiago Mostyn s\u00fdnir n\u00fdja innsetningu \u00ed Ger\u00f0arsafni me\u00f0 lj\u00f3smyndum og v\u00edde\u00f3verkum sem unnin voru \u00fevert yfir Svarta Atlantshafi\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00e1herslu \u00e1 sta\u00f0i sem listama\u00f0urinn tengist pers\u00f3nulega. Lj\u00f3smyndar\u00f6\u00f0in 08-18 (Past Perfect) er s\u00fdnd h\u00e9r \u00ed fyrsta sinn og var ger\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00e1ratug af endurkomum til Trinidad, Zimbabwe, Grenada, Bandar\u00edkjanna og Skandinav\u00edu. Myndar\u00f6\u00f0in hangir \u00e1 veggf\u00f3\u00f0ri sem unni\u00f0 er me\u00f0 bl\u00e1\u00ferykki (en. cyanotype), sem mun breytast og framkalla gr\u00e1bl\u00e1an t\u00f3n me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 vera ba\u00f0a\u00f0 vetrars\u00f3l me\u00f0an \u00e1 s\u00fdningunni stendur.
\n08-18 (Past Perfect)
\n\u00cd sama r\u00fdmi m\u00e1 sj\u00e1 v\u00edde\u00f3verki\u00f0 Drawing for Bellevue Estate. Myndin var ger\u00f0 \u00ed Tobago, eyjunni sem var innbl\u00e1stur a\u00f0 landslagi R\u00f3binsons Kr\u00fas\u00f3, og vettvangur margra bylgja af r\u00e1nyrkju n\u00fdlenduveldanna. \u00cd verkinu sj\u00e1um vi\u00f0 fj\u00f3ra menn h\u00f6ggva s\u00e9r lei\u00f0 \u00ed gegnum hitabeltisgr\u00f3\u00f0ur og merkja landsv\u00e6\u00f0i, \u00fe\u00f3 \u00ed \u00e1tt a\u00f0 \u00f3\u00feekktu markmi\u00f0i. Kortlagning \u00feeirra minnir \u00e1 a\u00f0fer\u00f0ir evr\u00f3pskra n\u00fdlendusinna til a\u00f0 gera tilkall til og i\u00f0nv\u00e6\u00f0a Kar\u00edbahafi\u00f0. Verki\u00f0 beinir einnig sj\u00f3num a\u00f0 st\u00e6rsta silkitrefjatr\u00e9 eyjunnar sem helga\u00f0 er \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0s\u00f6gunni af Gang-Gang S\u00f6ruh, s\u00f6gulegri pers\u00f3nu sem reyndi a\u00f0 \u2018flj\u00faga heim\u2019 til Afr\u00edku me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 st\u00f6kkva \u00far tr\u00e9nu og \u00fea\u00f0 var\u00f0 henni a\u00f0 bana. Verki\u00f0 dregur upp mynd af landslagi \u00fear sem saga n\u00fdlendustefnu, \u00fer\u00e6lahalds, \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0sagnir og pers\u00f3nulegar s\u00f6gur m\u00e6tast.
\nDrawing for Bellevue Estate
\nSantiago Mostyn kannar mishlj\u00f3m \u00e1 milli \u00f3l\u00edkra p\u00f3l\u00edt\u00edskra sv\u00e6\u00f0a \u00ed innsetningum, lj\u00f3smyndum, v\u00edde\u00f3verkum, textum og gj\u00f6rningum. Hann tengir s\u00edna eigin s\u00f6gu vi\u00f0 myndefni fr\u00e1 s\u00f6gulegum atbur\u00f0um, s\u00f6gufr\u00e6gum pers\u00f3num og kyn\u00fe\u00e1ttamisr\u00e9tti. \u00cd verkunum notar hann n\u00fdtt efni sem og eldri gagnagrunna til a\u00f0 skapa marglaga og n\u00e6ma fr\u00e1s\u00f6gn. \u00cd ranns\u00f3knarferlinu kannar hann einkenni og minni, jafnframt pers\u00f3nuleg og sameiginleg, og skur\u00f0punkta s\u00f6gunnar vi\u00f0 atbur\u00f0i l\u00ed\u00f0andi stundar.
\nSantiago Mostyn (f. 1981, San Francisco) starfar \u00ed Stokkh\u00f3lmi og Berl\u00edn en heldur sterkri tengingu vi\u00f0 uppvaxtarl\u00f6nd s\u00edn Zimbabwe og Trinidad & Tobago. Hann lauk BA \u00e1ri\u00f0 2004 vi\u00f0 Yale h\u00e1sk\u00f3la. Hann nam vi\u00f0 St\u00e4delschule 2006-2007 og lauk MA gr\u00e1\u00f0u 2013 vi\u00f0 Konunglega listah\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Stokkh\u00f3lmi. Santiago var \u00ed vinnustofudv\u00f6l \u00ed K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien 2021 og ver\u00f0ur me\u00f0limur \u00ed Schloss Solitude 2022. Me\u00f0al n\u00fdlegra s\u00fdninga hans m\u00e1 nefna The Real Show \u00ed CAC Br\u00e9tigny (2022), Swimming Pool-Troubled Waters \u00ed K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berl\u00edn, (2021), Deep Listening for Longing \u00e1 2021 Bor\u00e5s-tv\u00ed\u00e6ringnum, Sv\u00ed\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 (2021), With New Eyes \u00ed Goteborgs Konsthall, Gautaborg (2021), Your Shadow is a Mirror \u00ed Andr\u00e9hn-Schiptjenko, Stokkh\u00f3lmi, Sv\u00ed\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 (2021), og Grass Widows \u00ed Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Kanada (2020).
\nThe Real Show
\nSwimming Pool-Troubled Waters
\nDeep Listening for Longing
\nWith New Eyes
\nYour Shadow is a Mirror
\nGrass Widows<\/p>\n

Stilla \u00far v\u00edde\u00f3 verki: Drawing for Bellevue Estate, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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