BIOGRAPHY

Kitty began playing with cameras at a young age, using herself and loved ones as her subjects until realizing the power video possessed as a medium for altering internal and external mindsets. Observing that the people around her, most notably women, needed a shift in their self-perspective she began exploring creative ways by which she could help encourage confidence, positive body image and the release of inhibition through recorded visual performance art and filmmaking. What resulted was The Weird Girls Project.

Without formal education in the fields of art, filmmaking, Kitty takes what is in her imagination and makes it tangible to her audience, whether through recorded media, installation, painting or live performance. Participants and observers are encouraged to free themselves of inhibition and immerse themselves in the world she has created for them – a place both challenging and safe – with the intention of drawing out parts of themselves they didn’t know existed.

OTHER WORKS
In addition to The Weird Girls Project, Kitty has been sponsored and commissioned to create art in Iceland, Europe and Asia. This includes public light installation – such as the work inspired by the bioluminescence of deep sea jellyfish for Reykjavík City, and installation and painting at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel. Kitty also has an enthusiasm for film photography.

As the opening artist for the Nordic countries at Germany’s Nordischer Klang art festival, selected as a resident at the esteemed Swatch Art Peace hotel in Shanghai, commissions including Blue Lagoon, Reykjavik City and Converse China as well as being interviewed on various cultural TV shows - Kitty has shown her work speaks volumes.

OTHER VIDEO WORKS

FIREWORKS
As part of the series I VOLUNTEER with Unnur Elísabet, Kitty created directed and produced the choreographed music video FIREWORKS with band Gus Gus. I VOLUNTEER is a series of non-traditional micro-art exhibitions where the choreographer Unnur Elísabet invites artists from different backgrounds to collaborate. The result is an extraordinary collection of art works, a melting pot of new ideas.

2018 involved major works including a new solo performance art film ORIGIN (released May 2018)

A collaboration between Kitty Von-Sometime and KERAI - a London based collective of music producers and artists. “ORIGIN” gives life to the genderless non-human being the members of KERAI are giving voice to. Their upcoming album expresses the anxieties and desires of this being as it explores Earth, observing and trying to take part in the human activities of the anthropocene era. We don’t know where this being originated: it is a hybrid voice, an amalgamation of AI, a cyborg and an alien; a queer presence that escaped the disciplining heteronormative gaze driven by capitalist/neoliberal desires. The story follows the being as it travels through harsh surroundings, seeking to satisfy a craving for intimacy and connection, not reserving these to animate forms of life or encounters in flesh exclusively. KERAI will release their debut album ‘Origin’ later this year. More info can be found at www.keraikerai.com and on their social media. www.kittyvonsometime.com Created and directed by KITTY VON-SOMETIME Music: KERAI Cinematography: Nicholas Þór Peter Helgason & Vilius Petrikas Editing: Gunnar B. Guðbjörnsson VFX: Vilius Petrikas Grading & Finishing: Michael Todd Production manager & AD: Tota Van Helzing Costume: Alexía Rós Gylfadóttir Props: Kristinn Arnar Sigurðsson Assistant Camera: Daniel Leeb Location Assistant: Svavar Jonatansson Special Thanks to: Garun & Hero Productions

OPUS
In addition to directing and producing other music videos, Kitty produced her first solo performance art film, shot on Langjökull glacier in Iceland, entitled Opus. The short film, which was released in 2014, is a collaborative project between Kitty and Icelandic band Ástiðir.

DOCUMENTARY - I WANT TO BE WEIRD

An independently produced feature length documentary film, by Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir, I Want To Be Weird was released by Spier Films at International Film Festivals in September 2015. The film follows Kitty through her journey as an artist with specific focus on her performance art series The Weird Girls Project.