Past exhibitions

in progress

Current Artists-in-Residence Kati Gausmann, R??hildur Ingad?ttir and Richard Skelton conclude their stay with a presentation of works in progress in the Bookshop-projecspace Sunday June 26 from 12.00-18.00. The artists?first stayed…

Triple headed

Art without borders with Skaftfell and LungA festival introduce the exhibition Triple Headed which will be held in Her?ubrei?, the community center of Sey?isfj?r?ur. Opening is on the 11th of…

Secret veil – The lecture

The event is composed of potential misunderstandings in the common memory. Various myths will be unveiled that possibly have their origins in the roots of the north. ?sta Fanney Sigur?ard?ttir…

The Assembly of the Hyperboreans

We are Hyperboreans–we know well enough how remote our place is. “Neither by land nor by water will you find the road to the Hyperboreans”: even Pindar,in his day, knew…

Spring’s Call of Nature & Echo of Oral Poetics

Performances in Tv?s?ngur sound sculpture. Spring’s Call of Nature by Styrmir ?rn Gu?mundsson. A storyteller, a performer, a singer, an object maker, an illustrator. Styrmir ?rn Gu?mundsson has a love…

Shadow Work – Short Films About Light and Dark

Throughout August and December 2016 London Fieldworks will be in residence at Skaftfell. Over the two-month residency the artists will create “Short films about light and dark identifying and expressing…

Folk Tale

Skaftfell proudly presents a unique staging of the voice sculpture Folk Tale, ?vint?ri, by Magn?s P?lsson as a part of the ongoing summer exhibition, The Assembly of the Hyperboreans.?The event…

Gursus in Tv?s?ngur

Gursus?Iceland Tour – aka. the Tour of the Unexpected.?The duo?Gursus?is a result of a sudden meeting between a folk fiddler and a jazz saxophonist, all caused by a delayed train.…