Bryndís Snaebjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson, Time and Again & Time and Tide

Time and Again, digital film, 01:21:59, 2022

Time and Tide, digital film, 01:53:31, 2022

The films Time and Again and Time and Tide (2022) by Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson are portrait-formatted video works depicting the slow melting of ice within two similar but distinct ‘cave’ environments. Over these spatially ambiguous images and the gradual and (apparently) unending process of thawing, a male narrator reads the accounts of polar bear arrivals on the shores of Iceland. In Time and Again, the stories are folkloric and drawn from multiple Icelandic sources and records. In Time and Tide,the stories are more verifiable, with specific associated dates and places drawn from letters, books, newspapers, and national archives. Both films can be experienced individually but are intended to complement each other when placed strategically, within a shared space.

Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson form a collaborative art partnership. Their interdisciplinary art practice explores issues of history, culture, and environment in relation to both humans and non-human species. Working very often in close consultation with both experts and amateurs in the field, their work tests cultural constructs and tropes, as well as human behavior in respect of ecologies, extinction, conservation, and the environment. Underpinning much of their practice are issues of psychological and physical displacement and realignment in respect of land and environment, and the effect of these positions on cultural perspectives.www.snaebjornsdottirwilson.com