Sundogs:
Six Artists for Calgary
A parhelion, the scientific term for a sundog, is a relatively common - but mostly unnoticed - atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with the refraction of sunlight by small six-sided ice crystals that make up cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. Sundogs typically appear as a bright and colorful patch in the sky next to the sun. Sundogs is the title of an exhibition taking place in Calgary's non-profit art centre TRUCK presenting six Icelandic artists. Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir will show her impressive installation "Fireworks for Los Angeles", Erling T.V. Klingenberg amongst other things his obsessive bronze sculptures and Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir a complexe installation. In Ragnar Kjartansson's video "Colonialization" from 2004 a Danish merchant in a period custume is beating up an Icelandic one, playing out a scene from the days when Iceland was a Danish colony. The group show is completed by the cross-media performances of Pall Banine Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir.
Sundogs is part of the Icelandic art festival "Núna" (now) and will be open from April 11 - May 10.
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