Imagine A Collective Landscape

Iceland plays a key role in the circumpolar context. The research investigates the fields of both the icelandic cultural landscape perception and the icelandic cultural identity. It considers the book Ultima thule; or, a summer in Iceland and Ólafur Elíasson art works as two sides of a same medal: t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manuela Silvia Campanini
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2010
Subjects:
Imagine
Cultural landscapes
Perception
Emotion
Art
Iceland
Peace
anthro-se
Burton
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5d156bb1f377408385d27f62feccacc9
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Summary:Iceland plays a key role in the circumpolar context. The research investigates the fields of both the icelandic cultural landscape perception and the icelandic cultural identity. It considers the book Ultima thule; or, a summer in Iceland and Ólafur Elíasson art works as two sides of a same medal: the Iceland on the brain concept (F. Burton). The transition from a cultural identity to a collective landscape identity is investigated analysing Imagine J. Lennon's song which inspired Yõko Ono's work art titled Imagine Peace Tower.

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