"Oh, Balls!" cried the Queen.
"If I had 'em, I'd be King."
The Night of the King's Castration
"If I had 'em, I'd be King."
The Night of the King's Castration
In the up coming exhibition (November 2010) Slippery Terrain at Draakon Gallery in Tallinn EST, Elín will show a photograph, video, paintings and a sculpture.
"When the cremasteric muscle contracts, the cord is shortened and the testicle is moved closer up toward the body, which provides slightly more warmth to maintain optimal testicular temperature. When cooling is required, the cremasteric muscle relaxes and the testicle is lowered away from the warm body and is able to cool. This also occurs in response to stress (the testicles rise up toward the body in an effort to protect them in a fight)."
"When the cremasteric muscle contracts, the cord is shortened and the testicle is moved closer up toward the body, which provides slightly more warmth to maintain optimal testicular temperature. When cooling is required, the cremasteric muscle relaxes and the testicle is lowered away from the warm body and is able to cool. This also occurs in response to stress (the testicles rise up toward the body in an effort to protect them in a fight)."
(Text from Wikipedia)
Elín Anna uses her body to improvise in the icelandic nature with home made testicles attached. Her works depict an athmosphere of physical desire and ritual pose but not in a stereotypical way. With balls attached and standing in a graceful posture the typical gender image is being mixed up. Here the female is not the inferior gender or a receptive object of the male penetration. In this way Elín explores gender identity and possibilities of physical expression. All without words.
The sky-blue balls have cooled down and are ready to dance
Elin Anna Þórisdóttir
www.cargocollective.com/ella
www.cargocollective.com/sallyandmo
www.cargocollective.com/sultaneldmodur
Performance in the Mobile Box, Reykjavík 2008
In her works, Thorisdottir seeks to challenge herself and the viewer with demanding questions loaded with humor. She wonders about the connection between art and its surroundings, process and purpose. Her works have often been designed to break out of the restraint of the gallery. In the Mobile Box Thorisdottir thought of her body as a space or a living sculpture. In this restricted posture she gave the viewer an opportunity to walk all over her in an attempt to free art from its form and become an informal, temporary gesture.
Painting 60x80 cm. 2010
Still from the video Penetraraiting my Idol. 2009
The parents of the artist braid her hair in the stile
of Pippi Longstockings
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