Reykjavik: Islamic call to prayer

A sound sculpture by art student Thórarinn Jónsson in the form of a recording of Islamic prayers will sound from the balcony of the Iceland Academy of the Arts in Reykjavík for the next few days.


According to Jónsson, the main motive behind his work is to provide a counterbalance to the negative image of Islam in the Western world, Morgunbladid reports.


"The calls of prayer in the Middle East are sung in a very beautiful and lyrical way," Jónsson said. The recording will be played five times a day for one week (beginning last week) for about one minute at a time.


Jónsson has studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts since February. He was suspended from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) in December after planting a fake bomb—an art project—in the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).


Source: Iceland Review (English)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great idea from Jonsson. I like his "Reykjavik:Islamic call to prayer". Maybe this is the right time for Islam to wash away all negative image some people see on them or some believe in. I remember what my friend wrote on her article about the real image of Islam. She said that "Islam is the religion of peace, love and mutual respect.Islam is
the religion of human value and dignity" and i believe on her. So i salute Jonsson for his excellent idea.

Anonymous said...

>"The calls of prayer in the Middle East are sung in a very beautiful and lyrical way," Jónsson said.<

Quite right:

The Middle East is where this call to prayer belongs - and no place else.

Johanna, Germany

Scarborough_Comet said...

"Islam is the religion of peace, love and mutual respect.Islam is
the religion of human value and dignity".

I'm sure that those whose loved ones have been murdered in the name of Islam will agree with that, as will all those mained on 11th September 2001, 7th July 2005 and the countless other attacks carried out in the name of Islam.

Pat Trombly said...

Yeah and I'm sure the KKK is having a cookout to try to counter their negative image. LOL!!!

If you don't want people to think that you're a bunch of violent thugs, then stop committing atrocities, stop trying to argue that a caravan-raider who married a six-year-old was a "prophet" and stop trying to argue that books that call for beheadings and holy wars are worthy of respect.

If Islam is a religion of peace, Manny Ramirez is a great clubhouse guy.