According to Jónsson, the main motive behind his work is to provide a counterbalance to the negative image of Islam in the Western world, Morgunbladid reports.

“The calls of prayer in the Middle East are sung in a very beautiful and lyrical way,” Jónsson said. The recording will be played five times a day for one week (beginning last week) for about one minute at a time.

Jónsson has studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts since February. He was suspended from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) in December after planting a fake bomb—an art project—in the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM).


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