swarm was created as part of an Artist Residency in Siglufjördur, Iceland.
It is a Windsculpture made of 1000 knives, attached to fishing lines in a containersized, wooden frame.
The knives are moved by the wind around their own axis, shimmering like the silver of the ocean, a herring swarm. The Installation was placed in front of the Herring Museum and invites people to think about the worldwide Problem of overfishing.
A new version was made 2020 in Hamburg, Germany using a real oversea Container. It was exhibited several times at the Harbour and was transported to Iceland in March 2022 to stay there permanently at the Herrings Museum.
swarm I (2015) // swarm II (2020)
Factsheet
- Dimensions
- 210cm, 140cm, 310cm (Height, Width, Depth)
- Weight
- 15kg
- Year
- 2015
- Material
- Mixed Media
- Style
- Installation, Public Art, Kinetic Art
