No Exit

Reykjavík, Iceland,
2014

Feature wall for No Exit Reykjavík, Iceland. January 2014 Photograph: Guido van Helten — Feature wall for No Exit Reykjavík, Iceland. January 2014 Photograph: Guido van Helten
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This concept was developed using still photographs taken by Andrés Kolbeinsson of the 1968 Jean-Paul Sartre play "No Exit.” Van Helten based the designs on the imagery found within the screenplay and installed at the site over the winter of 2013–2014 at the Loftkastalinn building - a former theatre space in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Project Details

Project

No Exit

Location

Reykjavík, Iceland

Commissioner

Private Commission

Images by Andrés Kolbeinsson from the 1969 production of 'No Exit' at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland. September 2013 Photograph by Guido van Helten — Images by Andrés Kolbeinsson from the 1969 production of 'No Exit' at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland. September 2013 Photograph by Guido van Helten

Images by Andrés Kolbeinsson from the 1969 production of 'No Exit' at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland. September 2013 Photograph by Guido van Helten — Images by Andrés Kolbeinsson from the 1969 production of 'No Exit' at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland. September 2013 Photograph by Guido van Helten

Completing the final wall, Estelle and Inez, Reykjavik, Iceland. January 2014 Photographs: Roman Gerasymenko — Completing the final wall, Estelle and Inez, Reykjavik, Iceland. January 2014 Photographs: Roman Gerasymenko

Helga Lowe from the Original Play performed in 1969 with the Artist Reykjavik, Iceland. January 2014 Photographs: Roman Gerasymenko — Helga Lowe from the Original Play performed in 1969 with the Artist Reykjavik, Iceland. January 2014 Photographs: Roman Gerasymenko

The completed triptych No Exit after the play by Jean-Paul Sartre Reykjavik, Iceland. January 2014 Photograph: Guido van Helten — The completed triptych No Exit after the play by Jean-Paul Sartre Reykjavik, Iceland. January 2014 Photograph: Guido van Helten

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