Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Video by BAL Productions for Berlin Art Link magazine
For Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir the world is a community of people, including their surroundings and movements through time and space. She observes the patterns of daily life around the world, then brings what she sees into the studio and translates it into a practice that spans durational interventions in public space, film, photography, performance, installation and sculpture. Born in Reykjavik and based in Berlin, Gudnadóttir is currently completing a year-long residency at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien and her film ‘Keep Frozen: The Documentary’ (2016) is being screened at the Berlinische Galerie’s IBB Video Space.
'Keep Frozen: The Documentary’ chronciles the lives of men who, in the span of 48 hours, unload 20,000 25-kilo crates of fish in Reykjavik’s harbor at minus 35 degrees Celsius. The documentary is a continuation of her film ‘Keep Frozen’ (2010–2016), which explored ports along the Atlantic coast from her hometown to Essaouria, Morocco and Red Hook, Brooklyn. We visited the artist in her studio to speak about the creation of ‘Keep Frozen: The Documentary’ and her practice at large.
Video produced by Monica Salazar
Filmed & edited by Peter Cairns
Video by BAL Productions for Berlin Art Link magazine
For Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir the world is a community of people, including their surroundings and movements through time and space. She observes the patterns of daily life around the world, then brings what she sees into the studio and translates it into a practice that spans durational interventions in public space, film, photography, performance, installation and sculpture. Born in Reykjavik and based in Berlin, Gudnadóttir is currently completing a year-long residency at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien and her film ‘Keep Frozen: The Documentary’ (2016) is being screened at the Berlinische Galerie’s IBB Video Space.
'Keep Frozen: The Documentary’ chronciles the lives of men who, in the span of 48 hours, unload 20,000 25-kilo crates of fish in Reykjavik’s harbor at minus 35 degrees Celsius. The documentary is a continuation of her film ‘Keep Frozen’ (2010–2016), which explored ports along the Atlantic coast from her hometown to Essaouria, Morocco and Red Hook, Brooklyn. We visited the artist in her studio to speak about the creation of ‘Keep Frozen: The Documentary’ and her practice at large.
Video produced by Monica Salazar
Filmed & edited by Peter Cairns
