Artist-in-Residence Cristina David (RO) is participating in the Romanian Icelandic collaboration project entitled Artists as Agents of Institutional Exchange. As a part of the project she will stream live via a online platform. About the project Artists as Agents of…
Herna is the Icelandic word for here now and is used in everyday speech to bring you back into the moment when loosing yourself a little bit. Artists Victoria Brannstrom presents Herna. On exhibition is the result of the silent…
Artists-in-Residence Cristina David (RO), Robertas Narkus (LT) & Victoria Brannstrom (DE) will talk about selected works and current projects at Skaftfell, 3rd floor. Both David and Narkus are participating in international projects that Skaftfell is a part of. David is in…
Join the Silent Walk Saturday 3rd October at 11:00 and 15:00 starting at the Bookshop-projectspace On a communal silent walk we collect Seydisfjordurs last autumn plants to create an experimental herbarium. Using a textile dying process we preserve the appearance…
Friday, Sept 25 from 19:30 – 22.00 Bookshop-projectspace Seydisfjordur is an international gate. Campus Novel investigate the port town in East Iceland against a global paradigm of nodal locations. Fluxes of people, goods and information form the character of the…
The deadline for the Skaftfell Artist-in-Residence program in 2016 expired on September 1 and over120 applications were received. A selection panel will review the applications and selected artists will be announced in the coming weeks. The aim of the program…
One night only ! Opening Tuesday September 16th from 6pm – 8pm at the Bookshop-projectspace Seyðisfjörður Suite is a series of nine drawings. These drawings, executed in lead, silver and chalk on vindpappa (a black windproof house wrap), were executed…
October 31, 2015 – February 13, 2016 Gallery The gallery is open: Wed – Fri from 12-16 Sat 14-18 and by appointment. Two person show featuring Eyborg Gudmundsdottir and Eyglo Hardardottir. Curated by Gavin Morrison. Eyborg Gudmundsdottir (1924-1977) and Eyglo…
Icelandic artists Finnur Arnar Arnarson, Elvar Már Kjartansson, Karlotta Blöndal, Monika Frycová, Kristín Rúnarsdóttir and Þórunn Eymundardóttir have been selected to participate in the international project Frontiers of Solitude. The project focuses on current transformations of the landscape and the…
The Icelandic part of the international collaboration project Frontiers of Solitude is currently ongoing. A group of artists is on an expedition through Iceland and visiting various locations in South, East and North of Iceland where the untapped sources of…