14/01/2022
At sea, August 20, Nöronna (ferry Iceland-Denmark)
Peter Lang
Part I:
I have been exploring land for many decades. As a child, my perception of the landscape was paired with a feeling of beauty. It came about during movement, while running, cycling or mountaineering, when the landscape-space components foreground, background, sky and light came together in such a way that an aesthetic moment arose for me. This basic visual question arises for me as a visual artist to this day. In addition to the visual perception of the landscape, the question of the use of painterly and graphic means came up in the course of my artistic representation. Bringing this together is my job.
The art project LANDSYN – land in sight has the elements land, point of view, movement, observation, sighting, decision and ex*****on “en plein air”. I chose the island of Iceland as the country. The point of view is the old fishing trawler Pall Helgi on the North Atlantic. A tent with a large lookout on the coastline was installed on top of it. There was a painting table in the tent, from which the landscape was viewed and the time for the start of the graphic and painterly action was determined. The oak boat drove a total of about 2500 nautical miles at a speed of two to ten knots. 48 Icelandic fjords were sailed one or more times and landed in 28 ports. I worked on paper, Arches Rives handmade paper, 300g / sqm in the format 80 x 120 cm or 60 x 80 cm. My graphic devices were the bone folder, a blunt eraser, pencil, steel pen and an ink brush. As a coloring agent, I used color pigment dough from the Kremer company, which David Kremer made especially for the trip. The binder was shellac.
Pic 1 + 2: Gabriele Lang-Kröll
Pic 3 + 4: Martin Hangen