Movies: Ragnar Kjartansson
- 2004
Satan Is Real (2004)
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Kjartansson appears bare-chested and buried waist-deep in a Reykjavik public park. Strumming a guitar, he plaintively sings the line—“Satan is real; he's working for me”—repeatedly for 64 minutes. As he does so, children frolic around him....
- 2012
The Visitors (2012)
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A celebration of creativity, community, and friendship, The Visitors (2012) documents a 64-minute durational performance Kjartansson staged with some of his closest friends at the romantically dilapidated Rokeby Farm in upstate New York. Each of the ...
- 2002
Death and the Children (2002)
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Single-channel video, 4' 54"...
- 2019
Death is Elsewhere (2019)
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In this seven-channel video installation, two pairs of identical twin musicians circle each other, playing the same endless song....
- 2003
Kissing (2003)
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No plot found...
- 2005
Mercy (2005)
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The video Mercy (2005) presents an alt-country ode consisting of a single lyric — "Oh why do I keep on hurting you" — which Kjartansson, standing alone with a guitar, sings over and over in front of the camera like an actor perfecting his role. Now p...
- 2013
A Lot of Sorrow (2013)
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Icelandic artist and musician Ragnar Kjartansson’s often intensely durational performance-based works manifest a rare synthesis of pathos and humor. A Lot of Sorrow is both a music video and an extended concert film, in which Brooklyn-based band the ...
- 2010
The Man (2010)
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Ragnar Kjartansson meets with American blues musician Pinetop Perkins in a field near Pinetop's home in Austin, Texas. Ragnar films Pinetop in the sunset, as he plays a piano and reminisces about his life and career....
- 2022
No Tomorrow (2022)
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No Tomorrow is a new video installation by Kjartansson, choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir, and composer Bryce Dessner. Spanning six screens that encircle the room, the installation surrounds viewers with a performance of spatial music written for ei...