Darkness exhibition
Art class students, grade 6-9 in the Seyðisfjörður primary school, exhibit horror art works. The exhibition is a part of the Afturgangan walk and Days of Darkness.
Skaftfell Residency
The Girl Who Never Was
Swedish artist Erik Bünger performs “The Girl Who Never Was” in the Skaftfell gallery. In 2008 an American researcher rediscovers the lost traces of the first recorded voice ever: the 148-old voice of a little girl singing the French lullaby…
Hats from New Yok
Winter hats made with traditional methods Opening Saturday November 22, at 16:00. The exhibition is open daily from 14.00-18.00, until November 29. New Yok has moved its production to the Bookshop-projectspace in down town Seyðisfjörður. During this period, hats will…
RIFF selection 2014
Skaftfell, in collaboration with the Cultural Center of Fljótdalshérað, will host an off-venue for Reykjavík International Film Festival in Seyðisfjörður October 9 and 10. The screenings will take place´ in the Bistro. Entrance is 500 ISK. Thursday, Oct 9. 20.00 Home…
The residency application process for 2015
The deadline for the Skaftfell residency program in 2015 expired on September 1 and nearly 180 applications were received. A selection panel goes over the applications and results will be announced to the artists in the coming weeks. In recent…
RÓ RÓ guided tour Saturday Oct 4, at 14.00
This coming Saturday Ráðhildur Ingadóttir, curator of RÓ RÓ, will have a guided tour of the exhibition. The event is a part of Haustroði and will be in Icelandic. The exhibition RÓ RÓ will be ongoing until October 14.
The Frontiers in Retreat artists arrive
The first artists participating in the Frontiers in Retreat project at Skaftfell, Kati Gausmann and Richard Skelton, arrived in Iceland in the end of August. Simultaneously the volcanic activity in South Iceland reached its peak and magma started flowing from Holuhraun. Hence it…
Authors train 2014
The annual Authors train will stop at Seyðisfjörður Saturday November 29. The reading will be begin at 20.30 sharp in the exhibition space. Five authors will read from their newly published books, in Icelandic: Þórarinn Eldjárn, Soffía Bjarnadóttir, Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Gyrðir…
“..Weeds, those Trojans..”
Natures aesthetic preservation and human intervention / aspects of utopia and dystopia. This Thursday evening, August 28, the Greek artists Maria Glyka and Vassilis Vlastaras will present a taste of their recent project they have been working on while residing…
Secret Garden Verönd
OPENING EVENT AND RELEASE OF PUBLICATION AT HÃLL, AUGUST 28 AT 16.00 The project SECRET GARDEN VERÃND was initiated in 2012 by visual artist Suzanna Asp in collaboration with Skaftfell, and starts off from the actual site of the house…