The Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn outfit are exhibiting at the RSA from the end of the month. Part of the exhibition Scotland Small?, our body of work draws from our artist residency with the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney in 2019.
 
Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn is an artist collective consisting of James Alexander McKenzie and Daniel O’Dempsey as abiding contributors and includes anyone that the pair collaborate with when operating as Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn. It is a vehicle for experimentation, collaboration and developing ideas within the realms of fine art, performance art, spoken word, poetry, music, and theatre.
 
The collective was founded in 2019 when McKenzie and O’Dempsey undertook a collaborative artist residency with the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney in partnership with the Royal Scottish Academy awarded through the RSA Residencies for Scotland scheme. During their residency, McKenzie and O’Dempsey developed an experimental play also titled Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn. Collaborating with local musicians for Acts 1 and 2, they exhibited each of their three acts at different venues in Stromness for the Orcadian public during October 2019. They also developed a podcast series titled Red Lite Radio during their residency which they distributed through Soundcloud.
 
Scotland Small?, RSA Lower Galleries, 25 June – 24 July
 
Events:
 
Orcadia: A Fenris and Ragnar Story
Film screening & Q&A
Saturday 2 July 2022
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre | Royal Scottish Academy
Free | Registration required
2 - 3pm
 
Fenris Wolf and Ragnar Thorfinn: Act 4
Live Performance
Sunday 3 July
RSA Lower Galleries
Free | Registration required
1pm

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