ANDRI BJÖRGVINSSON
Works
Waiting Room
Shipwreck
Monophthongs
St. Emi
The Chosen Ones
Die Rennbahn
Above and Below
Gaps
About
ANDRI BJÖRGVINSSON
Works
Waiting Room
Shipwreck
Monophthongs
St. Emi
The Chosen Ones
Die Rennbahn
Above and Below
Gaps
About
2024
It all begins with an idea: the notion of bringing everyday objects to life and assembling them into a band. Windshield wiper motors fuel the rhythm section, foot pumps serve as the wind instruments, 3D printed mouths lend vocals, and gym weights ring the bells.
Then comes the arrangement. Here, the material takes charge, molding the original idea until the composer must yield to it, allowing the orchestra to play its tune.
Andri Björgvinsson presents new works that all circulate and resonate. The works could be described as musical suggestions that are propelled by window-wiper motors. These motors play polyrhythmic and unpredictable melodies with different approaches, for instance with and exact replica of a human oral cavity and bells that are used to introduce children to musical performance. And thus, within the confines of the space, an electrically powered musical bustle is created that repeats itself into infinity.
-Text from exhibition catalogue
Monothtong was a solo exhibition in Kling & Bang, Reykjavík.
Lullaby for gymrats, 2024
Monothtongs, 2024
Monothtongs, 2024
Pictures from a performance on the exhibition opening by the duo Andlit (Andri Björgvinsson & Arnljótur Sigurðsson) performing an improvised articifial vowel based composition.