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Registration Poem no 2 (Iceland 1/12 1972)
© Kristján Guðmundsson
Registration Poem no 2 (Iceland 1/12 1972)
Registration Poem no 2 (Iceland 1/12 1972)
Photo: Åsa Lundén/Moderna Museet

Registration Poem no 2 (Iceland 1/12 1972)

by Kristján Guðmundsson
by Kristján Guðmundsson
Artist (Island, född 1941)
Artist (Island, född 1941)
Alternate Title
  • Folkräkningsdikt nr 2 (Island 1/12 1972)
  • Registreringspoem för Island
Date1973-1974
MediumDymo strip, plexiglass
Dimensions84 x 89 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineInköp 1979
Object NumberMOMSK 40
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkThe format of Registration Poem no 2 resembles that of a vinyl record. It looks like a circular disk but is, in fact a rolled-up dymo strip. It changes appearance to the viewer's inner vision. The strip carries the name of each individual citizen living on Iceland on 1 December 1972. Something as dry as a demographic record becomes poetic when we allow the contents to blossom in our imagination. The mind boggles - here is the start of tens of thousands of disparate life stories. Kristján Gudmundsson was inspired by the Fluxus movement, minimalism and conceptual art. Early in his career he exhibited together with the avant-garde Icelandic group SÚM. He has lived in the Netherlands since the 1970s. Selected exhibition history Moderna Museets samling i ny presentation (1998-2000) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Molnen mellan oss (2006) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Jorden - globala förändringar (1994) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Jorden : globala förändringar : Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : 4/6 - 9/10 1994Jorden : globala förändringar : Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna, Stockholm : [4 juni - 9 oktober 1994]