The Visitors (2012)
1h 4m
Running Time
October 17, 2012Release Date
Plot.
A celebration of creativity, community, and friendship, The Visitors (2012) documents a 64-minute durational performance Kjartansson staged with some of his closest friends at the romantically dilapidated Rokeby Farm in upstate New York. Each of the nine channels shows a musician or group of musicians, including some of Iceland’s most renowned as well as members of the family that owns Rokeby Farm, performing in a separate space in the storied house and grounds; each wears headphones to hear the others. As the music begins and repeats, individual players stop, start, and move between rooms. Viewed together, the individual videos present an ensemble performance Kjartansson calls a “feminine nihilistic gospel song.” The piece itself sets lyrics from a poem by artist Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Ragnar´s ex-wife, to a musical arrangement by the artist and Icelandic musician Davíð Þór Jónsson; the title comes from a 1981 album from Swedish pop band ABBA, meant to be its last.
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Cast & Crew.
Davíð Þór Jónsson
Self
Þorvaldur Gröndal
Self
Davíð Þór Jónsson
Self
Ragnar Kjartansson
Self / Director
Kjartan Sveinsson
Self
Tómas Örn Tómasson
Director of Photography
Thelma Marín Jónsdóttir
Production Manager
Christopher W. McDonald
Sound mixer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
live performance