The Shades of Blue
– A videoscreening Jan. 5th from 16:00-20:00 at the Bookshop – projectspace Mariko Takahashi has been an artist in residence at Skaftfell – Hóll for the months of November, December…
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Presentation at Egilsstadir College
On Wednesday November 28, current artists-in-residence Linda Persson and Liam Sprod gave an artist talk at the college in Egilsstaðir, for visual art students.
The Narrative Collection completed
The Narrative Collection project will have its official conclusion on December 1st. The project has been going on for the past two years and roughly 200 narratives from the people…
ONTOLOGICAL MEDIATION
Saturday November 24 15.00 Bookshop-Projectspace Linda Persson SE has been an artists in residence at Skaftfell in October and November. She will conclude her stay with a performance at the…
Book presentation: Nuclear Futurism
Saturday November 24 16.00 Skaftfell Bistró British philosopher Liam Sproud will talk about his newly published book Nuclear Futurism. The talk will touch upon literature and philosophy. Starting from the end…
Found Colors
West Wall Gallery 15.-29. Nov 2012 Skaftfell art class 7.-8. class Seyðisfjörður school: Chinsujee, Emil, Héðinn, Magnus, Jón, Stefán, Sveinn The art class show recent works – color pigments on…
COLORS OF THE NIGHT
The Visual Art Day
Every year the Association of Visual Artists in Iceland celebrate the Visual Art day. The event will take place this coming Saturday, November 3, and artists all over the country…
Residency available this November
Call for artists: Due to cancellation Skaftfell residency program now has an opening this November for artists to apply and come with short notice. If interested, please contact us by email…
RIFF selection Oct. 13-14
Saturday, Oct 13, 15.00: LARVA Animation from South Korea, 50 min. Screened in Skaftfell. Trailer: Saturday, Oct 13, 17.00: FREDDIE MERCURY  THE GREAT PRETENDER British documetnary, 107 min. Screened in SeyðisfjarðarbÃó,…
TO GO VIKING
Hilde Skevik & Guro Gomo: TO GO VIKING The Dreamhouse – Norðurgata residency. 26. – 29. October 2012 Four evenings, from 18.00-20.00, the artistic duo will “go viking”and mediate a…
WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE
Hóll – residency, Vesturgata 28. – 29. October 2012Â Else Ploug Isaksen invites you in to see her work in progress Sunday and Monday afternoon 16:00-18:00. She has been…
Skálar Sound Art Festival
On 3 – 6Â October 2012 sound artists and composers in collaboration with the festivals partnered institutions and organizations, convert the factory space of the former Nordursild fish factory to…
Twin City: open studio and Artist talk #10
10.09-30.09 During September the Bookshop – Projectspace will be hosting Asle Lauvland Pettersen and Ditte Knus Tönnesen, currently artists in residence at Skaftfell, serving as a project space for the…
TVÍSÖNGUR
On Wednesday September 5, at 17.00 oclock, the sound sculpture Tvisongur will be opened for the public on a mountainside above the town of Seydisfjordur, East Iceland. The sculpture is…
Available residency this September – apply now!
The Skaftfell residency program now has an available residency for September (2012) due to sudden cancellations. If you are interested please contact us enclosing a short artist statement and/or projectdescription, min…
Extract of the Complete Works
August 23 – September 20, 2012 Roger Döring, from Berlin, will open two exhibitions in Seyðisfjörður in August. He will present a selection of his drawings at the West Wall…
Short Estonian Animations for Kids
Sunday the 19th of August from 15:00-16:00, Skaftfell and the Estonian filmmakers Heilika & Ãlo Pikkov invites for an afternoon screening of short Estonian animations for kids of all ages. Popcorn…
Opening and events – friday at 15.30
Friday, August 10. Skaftfell Main Gallery / Herðubreið / the old harbour – Bjölfsbakki Jens Reichert  at 15.30 German artist Jens Reichert presents his work and his newest piece,…
Artist talk #9 and Body Memory
August the 10th. at 16:00 – Skaftfell Main Gallery Filmmaker Ãlo Pikkov will screen and talk about his latest short film Body Memory (2011 / Nukufilm / 9 min), which…
TRYING TO TEACH ICELANDIC WHILE LIVING IN GERMANY
10.08-31.08, 2012 Herðubreið – community center / Reaction Intermediate [ Opening hours : Monday-Thursday 16:00-18:00 and when Herðubreið is open for various events. ] Friday, August 10, at 15.30. at Skaftfell…
EVENING SCREENING: Estonian Short films
Sunday August 5th. at 20:00. Main exhibition space at Skaftfell / Reaction Intermediate Screening of contemporary Estonian short films, selected and presented by Ãlo and Heilika Pikkov. Film lineup: BLOW/ 2007…
REBIRTH OF THE BLACK UNICORN
Agust 10-17, 2012 The Bookshop  Projectspace / Reaction Intermediate On the 26 of February 2012 the Black Unicorn went down into the sea at Bjólfsbakki. On Friday August 10, the…
SKAFTFELL RESIDENCY AVAILABLE 15.th of Aug- 15th of Sep. 2012
Call for artists: Due to cancellation, Skaftfell residency flat at the Skaftfell main building is now available for one month: 15th of August – 15th of September 2012. If you…
OPEN STUDIO
LungA: GREEN IS GOLD
Call for applications
The Skaftfell residency program in 2013 Call for applications Deadline 1st. September 2012 Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art has opened a call for applications for the residency program in…
ALKEMISTI: SKÍTAGULL
Between July 23 and August 8 The Bookshop – Projectspace will suddenly and gradually transform into conceptual venues for a row of happenings and projects by the artist group Roshambo;Â …
A DAY OF 13 SUCCESSIVE HALF HOUR EXHIBITIONS ALTERNATING BETWEEN TWO ROOMS IN SKAFTFELL BÃKABÃÃ
July 22, 2012, at 14:00-19:00 The Bookshop – Projectspace / Reaction Intermediate Performative series of short exhibitions by locally invited artists alternating between separate rooms at the Bookshop – Projectspace.…
ART BOOK ORCHESTRA
Concert on Friday July 6 at 18:00 at the Bookshop-projectspace The concert ART BOOK ORCHESTRA consists of re-compositions of ten original sound art pieces incorporated in ten different art books,…
(MIXTAPE) NOTES FROM THE MIDNIGHT MOUNTAIN – FAST DOWNLOAD
Opens Friday July 6, at 17:00 06.07.-22.07. 2012 The West Wall The London based Taiwanese artist Ting Cheng isn’t bothered about capturing real memories.Instead she constructs surreal encounters in which the…
REACTION INTERMEDIATE 2012
RI_2012_program Reaction Intermediate offers 11 different projects presented by visual and sound artists presented by Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art. The program is based on events, happenings, performances, open…
FAVORITE SPOTS
17.06.-27.06. The project Favourite Spots is based on the process that a resident of Seyðisfjörður takes the artist and his camera to their favourite spot, in and around town. Together they…
COVERED
17.06.-27.06. Anna Anders has been using video as a means of artistic expression since 1986. She first began making short films; in 1991, she started creating works for spaces. These…
New honorary artistic director: Ráðhildur Ingadóttir
Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art, East Iceland, appoints with great pleasure Ráðhildur Ingadóttir as honorary artistic director for 2013-2014. A completed artwork is only a fraction of its existence…
Works by Geiri exhibited in Brisbane
Six works by local artist Geiri, Ãsgeir Jón Emilsson (1931-1999), have been lend to MetroArts à Brisbane, Australia, to be on display in group exhibition. The exhibition is entitled A…
6983253 …call and be surprised
10/5-20/5 2012 Work by Rebecca Stephany (born 1980) lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She is Artist in residence at Skaftfell during April and May 2012. www.rebeccastephany.com
The Narrative Collection 2011-2012
On Saturday, May 12 at 16:00, the Collection Center reopens in Skaftfell´s main gallery. New narratives will be presented, alongside the whole collection, thereof 25 with English subtitles. Relay –…
Call for applications
Skaftfell Residency Program hereby calls for applications for a Residency stay with a grant courtesy of KulturKontaktNord. Nordic and Baltic artists are eligible to apply for a 2 month residency…
SYLT / SÍLD opening Saturday 17:00
Saturday the 28th. of April 2012 the sculpture SYLT / SÃLD – Island On The Island, by the artist group GV will be celebratory opened. The project was developed during…
Open Hóll
Saturday the 21st of April at 16:00-18:00 Open House at Hóll, Vesturvegur 15, where Judy-ann Moule has been in residence for March and April. Judy-ann is a visual artist from…
GV at the Bookshop – projectspace
For the month of April, The Bookshop – projectspace will serve as a studio platform for the development of work by the members of the GV group; Philipp Ackermann, Christin…
Dansa kvöld með ljós bjór og vídeó list
“Dansa kvöld með ljós bjór og vÃdeó list. ” – Saturday night 14/4 from 21:00 at the Bookshop – projectspace At the Decks: Höhne & Söhne & Topmann & Acktryggur. Entschuldigen Sie bitte? For the month…
BOOKSHOP 10/4 18:00.
We, GV, a group of artist would like to invite you for an introduction to our planned project on the landfill area.  Please feel welcome to come to the Bookshop…
Lately enlightened
Non static electric night sky Northern lights over Seyðisfjörður in March
Presentation at Egilsstadir College
Tuesday the 29th of Mars 2012 Artist talk by current artists in residence at Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art; Judy-ann Moule and Fernando José Pereira at the college in…
I look down over my tummy and feel
West Wall Gallery  Friday the 23rd of March – the 5th of April, 2012 Work by Judy-Ann Moule, currently artist in residency at Hóll, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art This…
moveNATURE – Sunday, March 25, at 20.00
This Sunday at The Bookshop – Projectspace Transforming into a minicinema, the Bookshop – Projectspace in Seyðisfjörður, will host a program of experimental film- and video work, under the title…
Untitled (speechless)
looped video, 10 min. 20.03.12 – 24.03.12. Shown daily from 20:00-22:00 at The Bookshop – projectspace window Untitled (speechless) by Fernando José Pereira (Porto, 1961), current artist in Residence at Skaftfell…
SHELTER 1
Saturday, April 7th at 15.00, Ãórunn Eymundardóttir will open a solo exhibition in the West Wall Gallery. The exhibition consists of photo-collages, from 2011-2012. CV: ÂÃórunn Eymundardóttir (b. 1979) Austurvegur…
Skalar preview venue
Monday, April 9, at 21 Skálar Sound Art Festival preview venue: Presentation of Skálar and showcase-concert. Konrad Korabiewski, AuxPan & Helgi Ãrn Pétursson. The art-collective will present the ideology behind…
Artist talk #8 – Monday, March 19, at 14:00
Judy-Ann Moule and Fernando José Pereira are artists in residency at Skaftfell – Center For Visual Art. They will give and artist talk next Monday at 14 o´clock, at…
PERMAFROST
The video artwork PERMAFROST ( looped video, 10 mins ) by Fernando José Pereira at The Bookshop -projectspace, shown evenings from 20-22 o´clock 14.03 – 20.03, 2012. A short film set in the…
Welcome on Saturday March 3
Skaftfell Bistro will be open Saturday March 3 from 15-21. The exhibition SKÃSKEGG Ã VHS+CD is open on the second floor.
SKÁSKEGG Á VHS + CD
Saturday, February 25th, at 16:00 the exhibition SKÁSKEGG Á VHS + CD opens at Skaftfell. The exhibition is the conclusion of a two-week workshop, lead by Björn Roth, at Skaftfell,…
Artist talk #7- February 20, at 14:00
Artists Erwin van der Werve and Thora Solveig Bergsteinsdottir will present their work at Skaftfell this coming Monday, February 20, at 14:00. Erwin and Thora are currently artists in residence…
The Art Academy students have arrived
The annual Art Academy workshop, in collaboration with the Dieter Roth Academy and Technology museum, started today. The students are in total 14 and the process will end with a…
Video work presentation 27. jan 17.00
Friday the 27th of january 17.00-18.00 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art – Main Gallery presents a selection of Video and Sound work of Marcellvs L. – who is currently Artist…
Hanging Books
Skaftfell Art Class show Book Art Work at The West Wall Gallery Austurvegur 42, Sey̡disfj̦r̡ur Fri. 13th РSun. 22th of January 2012
Paperwork
Matt Jacobs, currently Artist in residence at Skaftfell, staying and working at Hóll, will be exhibiting new work at The Bookshop Projectspace Friday the 13th. to Sunday the 15th. of…
GEIRI – Seyðisfjörður elementary school
For the past few years Skaftfell has supervised the visual art class in Seyðisfjörður elementary school, grade 7 – 10. On the West Wall we present projects by 14 – 15…
Tvísöngur
Tvísöngur is an artwork and open venue by the German artist Lukas Kühne. It was opened for the public on September 5, 2012. Embedded in the mountainside above the town of Seyðisfjörður,…