Silfrún Una Guðlaugsdóttir’s works reflect a fascination with man-made sounds and the sincerity within them, often appearing as sound installations, performances or video works.
She is curious about the spectrum of the voice, how it can be used to tell stories through song, mimicking instruments, machines, foley sounds or by humming your favourite tune.
Her artistic process revolves around the interaction of sounds, movements and objects, drawing inspiration from soundpoetry.
Alongside her practice she collaborates with Tara Njála Ingvarsdóttir, forming the performance duo Tara and Silla. The main themes of their works are friendship, social situations and celebration, which appear mainly in the form of installations, performances and/or video works.
Silfrún’s works along with the works of the duo Tara and Silla have been exhibited in Kling og Bang, Ásmundarsalur, Kjarvalsstaðir, Nýlistasafnið, Harbinger and group exhibitions in The Hague, and Vienna.
Silfrún Una graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2020.
At Raflost she will present a new performance called: They couldn’t help but to try and scratch in the same rhythm
Performers are: Hákon Bragason, Mio Storåsen, Kjartan Almar Kárason and Sölvi Halldórsson.