Libia Castro & Olafur Olafsson
In Search Of Magic – A Proposal for a
New Constitution for the Republic of Iceland
26. November 2021 – 2. April 2022
This exhibition is the latest step in their socially engaged and interventionist art practice, continuing their investigation into the merging of art and activism and experimentation on the magic of art and its agency as a tool for social transformation.The subject is the new Icelandic constitution, written in 2011 in response to the Icelandic public’s demand for a collective moral inventory and advance in Iceland’s decolonization process following the financial crisis in 2008— a project that gained international attention for its innovative and democratic approach. On October 20, 2012, the people of the country voted in agreement of the new constitution in a national referendum. As of today, however, the new constitution has not been ratified by the Icelandic Parliament.