Artist
Krummi
Krummi is an Icelandic photographer, born in 1990 in Reykjavik, where he lives and works. In January 2021 he graduated from Ljósmyndaskólinn.
By adhering to the seemingly simple and straightforward medium most of us engage with every day Krummi is able to push himself forward and engage with his environment. He rattles on, maneuvering through the obstacle course of his everyday life with his unconventional walking pattern - a clumsy flaneur.
Krummi was a teenager when he became disabled. Through his relationship with the photographic medium he has come to see that whether he is able, less able, more able or disable, he is always, in some way, able.
Krummi has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, most recently in a curated group exhibition at Reykjavik Museum of Photography.
SKRÖLT III
The photographs in this work are made in 2020 and are a part of a larger, ongoing SKRÖLT project where I have photographed my surroundings every day for 4 years.
As soon as the pandemic arrived in Iceland my perception of my everyday became foreign, reality became unreal, days lost their color and seemed motionless. This strange mood, coupled with curiosity and my camera compelled me to rattle on and turn complex, even unknown thoughts and feelings into photographs.
The title SKRÖLT means I RATTLE ON, it is derived from my unconventional walking pattern.
We selected five talents based on applications from seven of the Nordic countries and autonomies:
Io Sivertsen (b. 1994, Norway) graduated from The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and is attending the Masters programme at the Norwegian Film Academy in Oslo. In her work, she explores the boundary between truth and fiction. Using reality as a starting point, her image-making anchors the subject matter in her own personal perspective.
Depicted themes include climate change, internet culture and sexuality. Nanna Navntoft (b. 1988, based in Denmark) graduated in 2020 from the Danish School of Media and Journalism. As part of her education, she worked at the Danish newspaper Dagbladet Politiken before continuing her studies at The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Her work deals with social topics and mental health, which she mainly explores through intimate portraiture.
Essi Maaria Orpana (b. 1988, based in Finland) studied a BA in Visual Arts from Turku University of Applied Science Art Academy as well as Fine Arts at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain. In 2021, she will graduate with an MA in Photography at Aalto University, School of Arts. Characteristic to her practice is to perform for, or with, the camera. In this way her artistic approach is personal, flavored with an uncanny twist.
Hrafn Jónsson (Krummi) (b. 1990, based in Iceland) graduated from Ljósmyndaskólinn – The School of Photography, Reykjavik in 2021. Krummi was a teenager when he became disabled. Through his relationship with the photographic medium, he has come to see that whether he is able, less able, more able or disable, he is always, in some way, able. By adhering to the seemingly simple and straightforward medium most of us engage with every day, Krummi is able to push himself forward and engage with his environment.
Lars Dyrendom (b. 1981, based in Sweden) graduated in 2020 from The MFA programme in Photography, Valand Academy University of Gothenburg. His artistic practice revolves around photographic archives and collections. A returning theme in his works is how humans as groups behave and act in relation to their surroundings and environment.
Each of the talents’ works were showcased in tailormade pavilions during CPF in June 2021, designed and built by Bachelor students from the Institute of Architecture and Design, Royal Danish Academy, in dialogue with the five talents. A fruitful and challenging collaboration which sought to merge photography and architecture and play with the perspective.
Copenhagen Photo Festival was launched in 2010 and has become the largest Nordic festival of its kind with exhibitions spread all over galleries, museums and art institutions in Copenhagen and southern Sweden.