Aðalheiður Sigursveinsdóttir

AS I create, I confront
Iceland °1973
research interests: Environment, ethics, experimental systems, embodiment, Vibration, socially engaged art, feedback loops, feminism, oneness, performance, Poetic writing, process, theatre, Dramaturgy, improvisation, existential philosophy, phenomenlogy, spiritual art, writing, stage design, staged absence, symbolism, typography, artheorypractice, artistic processes, Monodrama, the fragmentary, pattern, generative neural networks, Perfomance art
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AS, Aðalheiður Sigursveinsdóttir (b. 1973, Akureyri, Iceland) holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Iceland and an MBA in Business Administration from Reykjavik University. She is currently completing her MA in Performing Arts at the Iceland University of the Arts, with graduation expected in spring 2025.

AS an artist, sher explores the intersection of reality in her philosophical writing, symbolic language, patterns, viewing social transformation, internal and existential atmosphere through performance, installation and visual arts.

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  • ÖR - AS ongoing loop (2025) author(s): Aðalheiður Sigursveinsdóttir published in: Research Catalogue
    AS this is my final project about my final project at the University of the Arts in Iceland, it serves as a reflection on my own artistic process. AS I am completing my MA in Performing Arts, this moment signifies an ending, yet I feel I am still in the midst of processing it. AS I set out to create a documentary play rooted in personal experience, aiming to bring realism to the stage. AS I allowed myself throughout the process to repeatedly ask: what am I truly confronting? AS I came to realize that, in the beginning, I was not being honest with myself. AS I tended to lean toward abstraction, to fix things, to escape into dreams rather than meet myself with clarity. AS I was not truthful to my own state of being. AS a way to hold myself accountable, ÖR ultimately became a kind of encounter, with a meeting within a Program of Honesty. AS if ÖR blends inner and outer realities, flowing in a hybrid form of lived and performed experience. AS are my initials, it echos in my writings. AS an ongoing loop.
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  • AS HOLA (2025) author(s): Aðalheiður Sigursveinsdóttir published in: Research Catalogue
    AS this is an informal tale, restating my master’s studies. AS I was in the midst of a Uturn, entering formal art education, my hopes and expectations were unclear but deeply felt. AS ever, I feel compelled to question, review, examine some more. AS every question gives an indication to the inner world of the questioner. AS if I want to know if there is a pattern or a path? AS a collector I have documented, framed and reflected with words and stored. As curators act I showcase my creative learning journey.
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