Sequences real time art festival is launched for the sixth time. The selection of the honorary artist, Gretar Reynisson, reflects the focus of Sequences VI. He shares his experiences of everyday life, where he deals with the passing moment in a special way. The works by other artists selected for the festival fluctuate between the collec- tive and general and the personal and unique. They provide insight into the different ways in which we cope with time and take control of our own lives. In the midst of humdrum repetition, however, moments both significant and trivial may sidetrack our plans and life can take a new direction.

The exhibition venues are in the city centre with the aim that the audience will enjoy each work in close proximity, in intimate and singular settings. Artists and exhibition spaces have been invited to organize independent events in tandem with the Main Programme, all of which are listed in the Off Venue Programme. More about that here.

Markús Þór Andrésson is the curator of Sequences VI, more about him here

Gretar Reynisson

Gretar Reynisson has accepted the invitation to take part in Sequences VI as honorary artist. In recent editions of the festival it has become a tradition to invite one artist for this symbolic role, an artist who has contributed in a particular way to the field of time based art. Gretar Reynisson succeeds such artists as Magnús Pálsson, Rúrí and Hannes Lárusson. Time is a key concept for Reynisson, it is his medium and subject as an artist. Concentrating on daily routines, his works are based on determined actions and gestures that he repeats every day. They become an abstract documentation of time passing, as well as a deeply personal statement reflecting the desire to maintain status quo against the wheel of time. During Sequences VI, Reynisson will present The Decade, a series of works that grew day by day during the first ten years of this century. The project will be followed up by a special publication. This will be the first time that these compelling yet playful works are exhibited to the public.

[Photograph: Lilja Birgisdóttir]

Arnar Freyr Guðmundsson is the designer of all visual material related to Sequences VI. Born in 1987, he is currently located in Reykjavik working as a freelance graphic designer. A graduate of the Iceland Academy of the Arts, class of 2011, Guðmundsson worked at the advertising agency Hvíta Húsid prior to working independently. He is a member of the research collective Borghildur. For more information: http://arnar.ismycode.name

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Adeline Seneclauze, Kajsa Åhlander Persson, Sigurður Guðjónsson, Halla Kristín Hannesdóttir, Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir, Ívar Hollanders, Ylva Frick, Ana Maria Lima Dimitrijevic, Stephanie Bokenfohr, Alana Lorenzon, Rachel Marston, Julie Fuster, Ragnar Ísleifur Bragason, Theresa Schnöll auk allra sem lögðu hönd á plóg á sýningarstöðunum / and everyone at the exhibition venues