A part of this project, as Hiroko told me, was to give insight into the creative process behind our own artwork.
My work usually lives somewhere between visual art and music. I tend to use the different disciplines to inspire each other and in a sense, the visual works as a guideline for the auditorial, and vice versa.

In this experiment, I went out for a walk in the harbour area where my studio is located. It was one of those autumn days in Iceland where everything is still and cold and the air is crisp. The sun was so bright that I thought it would be good to take the camera with me to see if I could capture some of the stark contrast between shadow and light. I walked along the harbour and was ultimately drawn to the large oil tanks that have been there since I remember. They looked so clear and calm, almost if they were sleeping. I tried to take some photos of them and went back to my studio. The pictures then inspired this musical piece, as I was writing for these oil tanks as characters.
I recommend listening to the music while you look at the pictures. –

Þorsteinn

このプロジェクトの一つに自身のアートワークの背後にある独創的なプロセスの洞察が挙げられます。

私の仕事は常に視覚芸術と音楽の間に存在します。この全く違うような二つでも、双方がインスパイアし合う事は良くある事で、ある意味 ビジュアルワークは楽曲制作のガイドラインでもありますし、またその逆も然り。

今回の実験で、私はスタジオ近くの港へ散歩に出かけました。それは冷たい空気がピンと張り詰めてきたアイスランドの秋日。清々しい秋晴れの下、光と陰の明確な対比表現の撮影の期待を胸に。

しばらく港を歩いていると大きなオイルタンクに辿り着く。私が物心ついた頃には既にそこにあったタンクはとても静かで、まるで眠っているかのよう。いくつかタンクをカメラに収めスタジオへ戻りました。

そしてこれらの写真からインスピレーションを得て、オイルタンクをイメージした曲を書きました。
ぜひ写真を見ながらお聴き下さい。