Ráðhúsið

Music piece / Tónverk

Aleksey is a 63-year-old construction worker. With roots in Russia and Ukraine and after having spent most of his life in Latvia, he came to Iceland twelve years ago. “In the evenings, I play the guitar for myself alone at home,” was the headline of an article about him on the homepage of Efling, Iceland’s union for basic and low-income workers.
In the recording, Aleksey recounts the story of one of his favourite Russian love songs, “Лирическая” by Vladimir Vysotsky. The song is about a man entering an enchanted forest to find the woman that he loves, trying to convince her of the modest but beautiful life that would await her with him.
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Aleksey er 64 ára gamall verkamaður. Með rætur til Rússlands og Úkraínu og eftir að hafa búið í Lettlandi mest allt sitt líf, kom hann til Íslands fyrir tólf árum síðan. „Ég spila á gítar einn heima fyrir sjálfan mig á kvöldin“ var titill greinar um hann á heimasíðu Eflingar.
Í upptökunni segir Aleksey frá einu af sínum uppáhalds ástarlögum frá Rússlandi, “Лирическая” eftir Vladimir Vysotsky. Lagið fjallar um mann sem fer í töfraskóg til að finna konuna sem hann elskar, til að reyna að sannfæra hana um hógværa en fallega lífið sem biði henar með honum.

Art piece / listaverk

by Claire Paugam

A dream for Aleksey
mixed media sculpture, 2020

“A dream for Aleksey is a poetic interpretation of Aleksey’s joyful thoughts and moments of life he is sharing in the sound piece. The sculpture is an ode to the love experienced when discovering a new place, a beautiful blank page to start redefining the outlines of life.”







Claire Paugam is a French artist living in Reykjavik (b.1991), her artworks have been exhibited in various institutions in Iceland and abroad. Claire is a board member of the Living Art Museum and received this year the Motivational Award 2020 from the Icelandic Art Prize for her powerful contribution to art this year.


www.clairepaugam.com