Autumn has arrived in Seyðisfjörður with inevitable changes in opening hours. Skaftfell Bistró is open daily from 15.00-21.30. The house of Geiri will be closed over winter and reopens on June 1, 2017. The gallery and store opening hours is daily from 12.00-18.00, until September 24 when…
The Russian film Journey to the Mother by director Mikhail Kosyrev-Nesterov will be screened at Herðubreið Community Center. The film features Maxim that travels to France to visit his mother, who has been living in Provence for a long time. Three tragic days rock the…
The annual Authors train will stop at Seyðisfjörður and the reading will be begin at 20.30 sharp in the gallery by Pétur Gunnarsson, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Magnús Sigurðsson and Inga Mekkín Guðmundsdóttir. Two authors from East Iceland will…
The exhibition never mine by Miriam Jonas transforms the Bookshop project space into a story not to be read, but to be stepped into: A visit to her Alter Ego´s imaginary mine, shelter and laboratory. This story is driven by the impact…
The call for applications for the Thematic residency “Printed Matter” is also closed. The call for applications for the Goethe-Institut residency grant remains open until 20th September. German artists and artists with permanent residence in Germany who can demonstrate…
Film screening in Herðubreið – cinema, 24:21 min. Luke Fowler’s films dwell on potentiality: what might be, what might have been, what might still be if the world were to turn in a different direction? But film time runs in…
In a series of text recitals, Nora tells stories through historical facts, philological ponderings and poetic means. For The Assembly of the Hyperboreans, she will tell a story about the different functions of the mouth, its cultural history, a drowned…
Every room can be heard as an acoustic system consisting of a number of layers: it has its own sonic life; its resonance shapes the sounds produced in it; it acts as a filter for the whole sounding of the…
Application deadline: 20th September 2016 In partnership with the Goethe-Institut Dänemark, Skaftfell is able to offer a grant for one artist for a 2-month residency in 2017. The Goethe-Institut residency grant includes Travel costs up to 650 EUR for international and…
Artist talk and community discussion on the impact of tourism in Seydisfjördur. As Iceland continues to experience the fastest growing rate of foreign tourism in the world, it is becoming crucial to address the impact of foreign visitors on Icelandic culture. Tourism can…