Glacier Blue is a multi-media exhibition, dedicated to the first International Year of Glacier Preservation. The exhibition is mainly founded on images (photographs and videos) of the outlet glaciers of Hornafjörður, SE Iceland, which Þorvarður Árnason has created/collected for almost two decades, mainly then during the winter. Þorvarður is the Director of the University of Iceland´s Hornafjörður Research Centre. He has travelled widely in the glacial landscapes of this region, to dwell there, experience the strange beauty of such landscapes, and capture images which can represent their rich colour palette and magnificence. The images bear witness to a rapidly disappearing world, at the same time as being experiments to explore and understand certain aesthetic features and elements that underlie the visual experience of glacial landscapes. The name of the exhibition refers to a specific color – “glacier blue” – which is usually only apparent during the winter, when the glaciers have undergone a certain seasonal metamorphosis. Jöklablámi inevitably has a strong reference to ongoing catastrophic climate change but also raises critical questions about the necessity of an increased dialogue between Science and Art with regard to such calamities. 

Jöklablámi is an independent continuation of the exhibition Blámi (Blueness) which was shown in the Svavar Guðnason Art Museum in 2023 and where Þorvarður placed high emphasis on dialogue and collaboration with other artists and scholars. 

In addition to Þorvarður, the team behind Jöklablámi includes Þóranna Dögg Björnsdóttir, Konstantine Vlasis andGústav Geir Bollason, as well as five young French artists, Leïla Vilmouth, Clara Midon Gomez, Mïa Brenguier, Céleste Philippot, Paulinea Brami, who are participating in an interdisciplinary workshop, organized in connection with the exhibition.