Arna Beth
Contact & Links
arnabeths@gmail.com
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Selected Works



    Arna Beth (b. 1997) is an Icelandic / American multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in London. Working with the assemblage of digital media, speculative futures, and cultural critique of the postmodern. Her practice spans 3D fabrication such as sculpture and animation, performance, sound, and recombinant material processes. 

    Through frameworks of critical theory kin to xenofeminism, dromology and necropolitics, Arna constructs immersive, non-linear narratives, attempting to destabilize a dromocratic present.

    Self-composed sound, fabrication, and embodied performance mark an evolution toward more immersive, bodydriven work. Collaborations with curators and technologists continue to refine her spatial and political praxis, weaponizing aesthetics against the systems they mirror.

    She has performed and exhibited at:
    Boundary Condition at St. Garlickhythe Church (LDN) 2025.
    Manifest: IO at Goldsmiths (LDN) 2025.
    Club Are (LDN) 2023, 2025.
    Metamorphika (LDN) 2024.
    SÍM Residency + UKAI Projects at Korpúlfsstaðir (ICE) 2024
    Lewisham Art House (LDN) 2023
    Iklectik Art Lab (LDN) 2023
    Hafnarborg – the Hafnarfjördur Centre of Culture and Fine Art (ICE) 2023.
    X3 Amsterdam (NL) 2022.
    Akademie der Künste in Berlin (DE) 2022
    Festival of Lights (ICE) 2020
    Decoratelier in Brussels (BE) 2019
    Lunga Festival (ICE) 2019
    Sónar Reykjavík (ICE) 2018


    Magnetic Resonator Piano. Album cover for Jack Armitage (Lil Data)




                
     Album cover commissioned by Jack Armitage for his unreleased album, Magnetic Resonator Piano. 

    “Strengjavera (“string being”) is an installation that delves into the concept of self-organizing systems through the interaction of artificial life programs with an acoustic grand piano. Viewers are invited to witness the unpredictable yet mesmerizing patterns that emerge as the piano’s strings are set into motion by electromagnetism, controlled by biomimetic simulations. The piece explores the potential for agential systems to adapt and evolve in real-time, creating a dynamic and ever-changing soundscape that reflects the complexity and beauty of natural systems. By blurring the boundaries between technology and nature, Strengjavera prompts viewers to reflect on the relationship between human agency and autonomous systems, while also celebrating the beautiful natural acoustics of the piano in novel and unheard ways.”


    Digital sculpture and scene sculpted using Nomad and Cinema 4D.