THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED Application deadline: October 31, 2019 Referring to Rebecca Solnits book Wanderlust, this thematic residency will bring together seven artists who wish to consider the notion of wandering as an aesthetic practice. Linking the activities of walking,…
This call is now closed Skaftfell is inviting applications from individual artists and artistic collaborators to participate in?the?self-directed?residency program in 2020. Application deadline: September 5, 2019 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art is located in Sey?isfj?r?ur, a small town of around 700…
Transfer North?is a knowledge transfer network for independent/institutional curators and art critics in the contemporary art field in the European North, that focuses on specific experiences related to the artistic, cultural and environmental challenges of the high north region. The…
The Narrative Collection was a project initiated by the Swiss artist Chrisoph B?chel, who from 2011-2012 served as Artistic Director of Skaftfell. Over the same two-year period, Skaftfell collected narratives from inhabitants of Sey?isfj?r?ur, in order to capture a kind…
Skaftfell is delighted to announce its participation in a new international research project, which was officially launched last week at Cove Park residency in Scotland and will continue until 2024. We are very much looking forward to our collaboration with…
Skaftfell participates in the international project Gardening of Soul: In Five Chapters, led by the Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyne University and House of Arts, ?sti nad Labem, Czech Republic. The 3-year project is funded by the EEA Iceland…
Frontiers of Solitude, 2015-2016, focuses on current transformations of the landscape and the close connections between our post-industrial civilization and nature. These themes are elaborated in terms of the cultural geography and morphology of three specific areas of central and northern…
Frontiers in Retreat is a five-year collaboration project that fosters multidisciplinary dialogue on ecological questions within a European network formed around artist residencies. The project sets out to examine processes of change in particular, sensitive ecological contexts within Europe, to reflect…
21. June 27. September Brynd?s Sn?bj?rnsd?ttir & Mark WilsonCurator ?sa Sigurj?nsd?ttir. Opening 21. June 4pm Who are the whales that visit the Icelandic seas each summer?How differently has human respect for whales been manifest historically and now?Such questions…
21. j?n? 27. septemberBrynd?s Sn?bj?rnsd?ttir & Mark WilsonS?ningarstj?ri ?sa Sigurj?nsd?ttir. Opnun 21. j?n? kl. 16:00 Hva?a hvalir koma til ?slands ? sumrin?Hvernig birtist vir?ing mannsins fyrir hvalnum ? s?gu og samt?ma?Sl?kar spurningar hafa lengi heilla? listamennina Brynd?si Sn?bj?rnsd?ttur og…