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EP 146 The imagined ecosystem of Faux Flora
Episode 146
Friday, 13 November, 2026
Joining this conversation are Inga and Lilja Birgisdóttir, and Sindri Sigfússon. Inga is a visual artist who works in painting, sculpture, photography, video, and 3D graphics; Lilja is a multidisciplinary artist and photographer; Sindri is a musician and composer. And they’re all founding members of Fischersund, a Reykjavík-based perfumery and art collective that brings together scent, sound, photography, digital art, and installation. Their exhibition Faux Flora imagines an ecosystem of plants that don’t grow from seeds and soil, but from memories and human experience. Moving through germination, growth, flowering, seed formation, and dispersal, it parallels the stages of a human life—from birth and childhood to adolescence, adulthood, and finally, death. Each invented species is given its own appearance, movement, fragrance, sound, and emotional life. At the center of Fischersund is a family and a shared collection of memories shaped by growing up together in Iceland. They’re constantly reminiscing about it in their personal lives and their professional lives. And that reminiscing became raw material that was eventually transformed into something people could see, hear, and smell. Milk and saliva, candy and scraped knees, fake nails and kisses, heirloom china, and the contents of their grandma’s purse, are just a few. It’s a sensory journey through life. And while all are drawn from specific and personal memories, they’ve realized how universal they are, how they invite visitors to find pieces of their own lives within the exhibition.
