As for the film industry, even other art forms are very new on the Faroe Islands. Even within the traditional arts here there are strong tendencies to stay within one art form, meaning mainly painting and art on canvas. Painting is in other words the most popular art form here, and some (but few) artists are specialized in sculptures. The art scene is not that big and new blood would probably be welcomed with open arms.
We learnt that the Faroese have developed an art form that they call landscape expressionism and it was nice to look at... for a while! But when it started repeating itself I found it a bit boring (not that I could produce anything like that, but you know what I mean. Maybe I just don't get contemporary art?)
What I have thought about a lot while having the opportunity to stay here, is that there seems to be no interest for photo art or photography over here! There was a gorgeous, large photo piece at the Art Museum and I would have loved to see more of that (I can't remember the name of the artist though, unfortunately)! This land is very special: it has beautiful and dramatic landscapes, the nature is spectacular, the light is wonderful and shifts many times during the day (in the evenings I have to close my curtains and stop myself from going outside and just staring at the beautiful sky..).
This gorgeous nature could also be used for something else than just landscapes. One would think that creativity would bloom and bubble in a land like this!
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