{"title":"Gromny, Hubert + Wiola Ujazdowska + Hólmar Holm (Eds.)","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"community-of-sentient-beings-samfelag-skynjandi-vera","title":"Community of Sentient Beings  Samfélag Skynjandi Vera","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition at Hafnarborg in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Looking at our connection to the world as a \u003cem\u003ecommunity of sentient beings\u003c\/em\u003e will allow us to open various paths of investigation, whether it be the relationship between human and nature, human and culture, or human and human. The term \u003cem\u003esentient being\u003c\/em\u003e allows us to abandon historically charged definitions, to think of personhood and humans more broadly. At the core of the concept, is an interrogation of the historical and social usage of a category of human, which concerns whom and what we consider part of a community. Hafnarborg and its history also provide an interesting context for such investigation, as changing the function from a pharmacy and chemist laboratory can be seen as a symbolic shift from healing practices based on science, namely chemistry, towards the spiritual and cultural agency of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis calls into question the tension between art and science, as approaching art as a cognitive capacity may allow us to comprehend that which cannot be captured by scientific reason – connections between worlds known and unknown. Extending our perception, the exhibition invites guests to sense a place or presence, pondering the importance of memories and different modes of communication, such as those mediated by technology, and bringing to mind the changes in Icelandic society, which is becoming more and more diverse. This diversity brings connection with other places, other traditions and different spiritual practices. Each newcomer arrives with embodied knowledge, a memory, which is a basis to encounter new, unknown land. Thinking of art as a vehicle to understand the invisible, to listen to undercurrents and reflect on them may then allow us to engage with various dimensions of what we perceive as a \u003cem\u003esentient being\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions by \u003cstrong\u003eAgata Mickiewicz, Agnieszka Sosnowska, Andrea Ágústa Aðalsteinsdóttir, angela rawlings, Anna Wojtyńska, Dans Afríka Iceland, Freyja Eilíf, Gígja Jónsdóttir, Hildur Ása Henrýsdóttir, \u003c\/strong\u003eHubert Gromny\u003cstrong\u003e, Kathy Clark, Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir, Melanie Ubaldo, Michelle Sáenz Burrola, Nermine El Ansari, Pétur Magnússon, Rúnar Örn Jóhönnu Marinósson, Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson, Ufuoma Overo-Tarimo\u003c\/strong\u003e and Wiola Ujazdowska.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith two texts by curators Gromny and Ujazdowska in English and Icelandic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJapanese binding in soft cover, 19 x 15 cm, 152 pages, Hafnarfjörður 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gromny, Hubert + Wiola Ujazdowska + Hólmar Holm (Eds.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53184641335636,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/8656\/1083\/files\/Gromny_Hubert_WiolaUjazdowska_HolmarHolm_Eds..jpg?v=1765201874"}],"url":"https:\/\/boekiewoekie.com\/collections\/gromny-hubert-wiola-ujazdowska-holmar-holm-eds.oembed","provider":"Boekie Woekie, books by artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}