On the West wall in Skaftfell Bistro a young residence of Seyðisfjörður, Aron Fannar Skarphéðinsson, will have his photographs exhibited. In his pictures Aron Fannar is able to bring new aspects of things we normally don’t notice in our daily…
Students from 2nd to 7th grade in Seyðisfjörður primary school worked in context with the festivals theme on the east side of Iceland which was Reindeer. They enjoyed a visit from Ólafur Örn Pétursson, an entrepreneur and a farmer at…
Saturday and Sunday May 9-10, from 12.00-14.00 Minimalist Composition (I+II) is a mini field + studio workshop hosted by Canadian artist Reza Rezai. The focus of the workshop will be to develop a body of photographic work that incorporates the…
This Thursday May 7th. it will be possible to get introduced to current and newly arrived artists in residence; Francesco Bertele, Reza Rezai, David Edward Allen and Halina Kliem whom will talk about selected works and current projects. Furthermore the artist talk invites you to…
Climbing Invisible Structures is a curated visual arts residency exchange and exhibition programme organised by the Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) (Lithuania), in collaboration with the Office for Contemporary Art Norway, the Nordic Artists Centre Dale…
As a part of Sequences VII Skaftfell will screen a new documentary about the festivals honary artist Carolee Schneemann (1939). Breaking the Frame is a feature length profile of the radical New York artist Carolee Schneemann. A pioneer of performance…
Opening Thurday May 28th. at 18:30 at the Bookshop – projectspace. The exhibition will alsobe open Friday May 29th. 16:30-20:00 and conclude with a video performance presented at HEIMA collective May 30th. at 21:00. “Bulging with silence natures things are;…
Gallery April 11 June 21, 2015 Curated by Gavin Morrison …as though literature, theater, deceit, infidelity, hypocrisy, infelicity, parasitism, and the simulation of real life were not part of real life!* This exhibition is about the lives of real people,…
Skaftfell appoints with great pleasure Gavin Morrison as honorary artistic director for 2015-2016. I am fascinated by the different roles which Skaftfell fulfils for Seydisfjordur and how the art centre exists within the life of the town. I feel that…
At the Bookshop – projectspace. Opening Saturday April 18, at 17.00. Sunday April 19, open 13.00-16.00. As a part of Sequences VII – off venue program Skaftfell presents SALAT DAGAR (Salat Days) by Jan- Michel Harmening, current Artist-in-Residence. Harmening will…