Curator Markus Þór Andrésson will give a lecture in Herubreid Community Centre, as a part of the international collaboration project Frontiers of Solitude. Markus will present Icelandic artists and exhibitions dating from 1971 with a focus on visual art and ecology,…
In her current project ‘Parallel Line Up’ Berlin-based artist Jenny Brockmann investigates environment, its dynamics and how poeple interact with it. She researches volcanic and geological processes that contain either the creation of new landscapes or their destruction. Central to…
Frontiers of Solitude is an international collaboration between artists and arts organizations in three European countries: Skolska 28 (Czech Republic), Atelier Nord (Norway) and Skaftfell. The project encompasses a wide range of activities, including residencies and workshops…
On August 13th. at 17:00 Swedish sisters Gerd Aurell, visual artist, and Karin Aurell, musician, will present new collaborative work; the audiovisual performance Stigi, at the Bookshop – projectspace. All welcome – free of charge. For the past few years,…
Tuesday August 4th. Skaftfell invites for an artist talk and conversation at the Skaftfell Hub ( top floor of Skaftfell) where the artists Gerd Aurell, Jenny Brockmann, Richard Merrill Hoglund, and Karena Nomi (on behalf of an artist group also…
In her book by the rivers in the wetlands up in the mountains, atlas of icelands plant life with a pinhole camera, published for the time being as an artist multiple/book and currently on display at the store at Skaftfell, Halina…
The call for applications for the Long-term Residency Program at Skaftfell 2016 is open now until the deadline of September 1. 2015. Applications must be submitted via the online application form. More information about the Residency Program at Skaftfell here.
For the past two years Skaftfell, in collaboration with The Technical Museum of East Iceland and the assistance of many individuals, worked on researching and restoring the House of Geiri. The process is not finished but as a part of the…
Herðubreið – cinema Skaftfell will screen two film Saturday June 20 at 20.00 in Herðubreið, cinema, in connection with the ongoing exhibition Real Life. My Dreams Are Still About Flying (2012) by Cecilia Nygren (SWE) Time and Time Again (2014)…
Curator Þórunn Eymundardóttir Every human has in common the desire to belong, to see and understand oneself. The surroundings that a person grows up in inevitably become a big part of ones identity and thus influence a persons view of…