Baejarins Bestu Hot Dog Stand Friday May 23 2008  at 12.00

Nina Lassila as the Critic in Reykjavik.

This work is based on articles about the ”new”  icelandic finance scene, that  claim i.e  that the youngsters of Iceland these days wish to become businessmen  rather  than rockstars.

I set out to wear a funny masque and to talk about serious things with the Reykjavik crowd. I positioned myself quite interestingly - as someone really dumb trying to look smart  asking difficult questions. I called the whole event ”Ceci n’est pas un masque” - quite simply because of the masque I was wearing. It’s  a masque and in the same time it isn’t one.

My masque even blew of and broke. I had to use ducktape to fix it. After that incident I looked even dumber. This all created a  perfect contradiction that suited me well.

I asked people to point out "power" for me on a Reykjavik/Iceland map. It was up to each person to define what what "power" was . I also told them I was wearing a fake nose to feel more confident talking about  issues I don't know so much about - as i.e the stockmarket.