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Here's a little summary of two art projects inspired by a month guesting at SIM residency in Reykjavik and travelling around the country.
#1 - The Characters of Reykjavik
I couldn't walk past the capital's colourful buildings, those really shone against the dark icy skies and their vivid palette inspired a set of bizarre characters, sort of 'the spirits' of Reykjavik, one would say.
I couldn't walk past the capital's colourful buildings, those really shone against the dark icy skies and their vivid palette inspired a set of bizarre characters, sort of 'the spirits' of Reykjavik, one would say.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8855804c-49f9-40b1-a821-7f30d22593c0/b3b2c025-0a64-4d65-9c81-286586db3a95_rw_1920.jpg?h=51c2f0094c34993b654d7ebdcc057e98)
I began by playing with shapes and seeing what comes out if I just close my eyes and visualise some buildings together with the colours.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8855804c-49f9-40b1-a821-7f30d22593c0/c67af010-821e-430b-b481-22f707e08caa_rw_1920.jpg?h=fa4ca388a6aed635837402ff5514e333)
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I photographed all of my new town spirits in front of that very town's street colours and put them together into cheerful gifs. Pretty satisfied with the result.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8855804c-49f9-40b1-a821-7f30d22593c0/b2a259e4-78ea-4f2d-81f6-f455e69fb05e_rw_1920.gif?h=c5c6d6530beb8b292136a43f3fbd9fab)
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