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…
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,…