Conversation between Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir and Ragnar Kjartansson

Conversation between Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir and Ragnar Kjartansson

The artist Ragnar Kjartansson will have a conversation with Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir about the exhibition That’s a Very Large Number – A Commerzbau.
Commissed for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024, the exhibition will be reconceived for the National Gallery of Iceland.
Hildigunnur is known for her nuanced artistic practice, which looks critically at the worldwide systems of production and distribution and the strange lives of the products they create. Her works draw attention to the small, disposable objects that are often the mass-produced accessories of material culture: packing materials, price tags, signage, and systems of display. She casts these objects in new roles, changing their value and meaning entirely as they are experienced outside of their original function.