Steina’s music education had a great influence on her work with images. When describing her work, people often refer to music compositions. That is because Steina approaches the moving pictures in the same way as she would approach playing the violin. In Lava and Moss (Hraun og Mosi) from 2000, we can see images of lava fields near the Icelandic harbour Hafnarfjörður. The images are manipulated in such a way that they seem to defy the laws of physics while creating new (more free and fluid) reality. As Steina describes: „My fascination with lava stems from my childhood when trolls and elves were part of common reality. I remember that when I stared at some lava field for long enough, it started to move and even produce sounds. Many years later, I took a strong mescal in Herdisarvik and I was able to recall not only my childhood memories but also great imagination that is connected to them. It’s a great challenge; to move the landscape that has been frozen and solid for many centuries; to get the landscape dancing. If there is god everywhere, his presence is definitely most obvious when you look at lava and moss. “