Ólafsfjörður-Iceland
Natural records Ⅰ
In Natural records Ⅰ, cyanotype prints were created in the dark north of Iceland. In Ólafjördur, with limited sunlight, it was challenging to get a proper exposure using the cyanotype method. Prints were left outside for sunlight for multiple days, and often had to overcome the challenging winter weather, weathering snow storms and harsh winds. The subjects of the prints, were natural materials found in the town, like leaves and branches, fish bones, or a sheep jaw. The sunlight itself also becomes a strong subject, where each print is a log of the hours received that day.
Echo islands
In the winter of 2017, Zhang zeyangping and Yumo Wu arrived in Ólafsfjörður in northern Iceland from Beijing for the dark arts festival held by the mountain city art center. After 70 days of darkness, their images and music were completed, and they spent 90 days in the blue mountains (bigci) in Sydney, Australia, where most of their works were related to the local natural environment. The works include spatial installations, images, photography, and interdisciplinary works.