Theresa Himmer

Danish artist Theresa Himmer, who studied in both Aarhus and New York, has created a series of sequined graffiti installations on the facades of various buildings in Reykjavik. The ‘Mountain’, ‘Glacier’, and ‘Volcano’ series are a result of Himmer’s response to the Icelandic landscape and “extracted from the commercial world, they serve as a critique of the increasing and disturbing commodification of Icelandic nature”. The Sequin system comes from advertisement billboards, but has been put together in an alternative context in order to shimmer and dazzle, like a landscape reacts to changes in wind and light. Her work adds another layer to these urban walls, making the city dweller observant of their impact on the surrounding environment.