The weird, wiggly universe of Icelandic artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir

Representing Iceland at the 2026 Venice Biennale, the artist spoke to Dazed about Reykjavik’s bubbling creative scene, mining ancient myths, and why time doesn’t actually exist

The weird, wiggly universe of Icelandic artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, Universal Tale (2026)

It is 9pm, snow is falling outside Reykjavik’s Mengi, and the audience is queuing for imaginary soup. No, the audience is queueing to become soup, gathering onstage to be stirred with a giant, imaginary spoon. This will be the closing act in a night of performances by the Icelandic artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, featuring numerous friends and collaboratorshellip;

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