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A Lot of Sorrow

Ragnar Kjartansson Icelandic
 Collaborator The National

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The Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson frequently collaborates with contemporary musicians. His work A Lot of Sorrow is an intense, meditative video of the National performing their song "Sorrow" in an uninterrupted loop for six hours.

A Lot of Sorrow, Ragnar Kjartansson (Icelandic, born Reykjavík, 1976), Single channel video, color, sound, 6 hours and 9 minutes, and 35 seconds

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