Summer Solstice Remembrance Sun Voyager Sólfar
They therefore decided to gather together their belongings and head back west towards the setting sun. We followed the sun for days and years, walking, riding and sailing. We enriched our experience and our determination grew in strength as our journey progressed, and we recorded everything that we saw and experienced.
I remember endless pine forests, mountains and waterfalls, lakes, islands, rivers and seas before we eventually reached the ocean. We then constructed huge ships and sailed on westwards towards the setting sun. Some of us settled on a small island in the middle of the ocean while others sailed on further, always towards the sun…
Excerpt from an interview of the artist in Þjóðviljinn on June 11 1987.
From the web page below:
Sun Voyager Sólfar Reykjavik Iceland Islandia
Sun Voyager Sólfar is a dreamboat, an ode to the sun. It symbolizes the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom
This is a sacred spot.
Traditionally if you are in a sacred spot you will sometimes see the spirits in the sky or receive personal signs. I can only assume that prayers were said here. The artist passed away one year before it was installed. There is another work that is planned for a hospital called Galdur (Magic). [Germanic Norse Viking Council]
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