Marco Evaristti, a Chilean born/Copenhagen based artist, should have asked for permission from landowners before he poured red food colouring into Strokkur hot spring, says Jóna Hlíf Halldórsdóttir, director of the Association of Icelandic Visual Artist.
Evaristti upset a large number of Icelanders after dumping red food colouring into Strokkur hot spring in the Geysir geothermal area, last Friday, as part of his ongoing performance piece entitled Pink State.
However, on the upside, Jóna Hlíf says Evaristti managed to create a lively debate about nature and nature preservation with his antics.
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“It created a timely discussion about how we treat nature on a day to day basis. It also initiated a debate on power plants and the effect they have on nature, and I believe that’s a good thing,” she told the National Broadcasting Service, RÚV.
Marco Evaristti, a Chilean born/Copenhagen based artist, should have asked for permission from landowners before he poured red food colouring into Strokkur hot spring, says Jóna Hlíf Halldórsdóttir, director of the Association of Icelandic Visual Artist.
Evaristti upset a large number of Icelanders after dumping red food colouring into Strokkur hot spring in the Geysir geothermal area, last Friday, as part of his ongoing performance piece entitled Pink State.
However, on the upside, Jóna Hlíf says Evaristti managed to create a lively debate about nature and nature preservation with his antics.
Read more: Strokkur hot spring spouted red water this morning. Landowners not happy
“It created a timely discussion about how we treat nature on a day to day basis. It also initiated a debate on power plants and the effect they have on nature, and I believe that’s a good thing,” she told the National Broadcasting Service, RÚV.
