Sightseeing Tour – Minna Pöllänen
Thursday Dec 18, at 18.00, Minna Pöllänen will perform “Sightseeing Tour”, as a part of the ongoing exhibition (MAL)FUNCTION in the Bookshop. Due to the weather the performance will take…
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(MAL)FUNCTION
Welcome to the opening Tuesday 16.12.2014 at 5-7pm. Concert by Jukka Hautamäki starts at 6pm. Sightseeing Tour – outdoor performance by Minna Pöllänen Thursday the 18th at 6pm. Duration 30…
Two Rivers
“Two Rivers” explores two different marginalized socio-political and cultural spaces of globalization. Rather than polarizing the two site-specific installations shown question the conditions, which function as basis for processes of…
The fifteenth Art Academy student group has arrived in Seyðisfjörður
Students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts have arrived for the second time this year to participate in “Workshop Seyðisfjörður”. This is the fifteenth…
Artist talk #19
Friday November 7 at 14:00 at the Skaftfell Residency Hub! Current artists in residence Petter Lehto (SE), Jukka Hautamäki and Minna Pöllänen (FI) will talk…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Artist talk #18
Friday the 8th of August at 17:00 Skaftfell invites you for an artist talk with the current artists in residence for the month of August; Daniel Björnsson (IS), Maria Glyka…
Guided tour of “RÓ RÓ” Wednesdays at 16:00
During the summer Skaftfell offers a guided presentation of the current exhibition “Rà RÔ every Wednesday afternoon. The staff will present each artwork in the exhibition room…
Singing at Tvísöngur
Sunday July 6 at 15.00 a singing event will be held in the sound sculpture Tvísöngur by artists Lukas Kühne. The Tvísöngur sculpture is located in the mountainside just above…
Performances and the Mountain Lady´s garden party
Welcome on Sunday to events that are a part of RÓ RÓ, the Skaftfell summer exhibition. The program begins in the Harbour community garden and then relocates to Skaftfell’s backyard.…
Concert with Prins Póló – sóló
The concert will be held at “Heima”, Austurvegur 15, and starts at 15.00. The musician Prins Póló will this coming Saturday perform a solo concert in Seyðisfjörður. This is the last event in…
The Residency Program is now open for applications for 2015
Program Outline The aim of Skaftfell´s residency program is manifold: to create and nurture an environment for inspiration; to encourage artists to experience life and work in a unique micro-community…
Point of View
The Bookshop – Projectspace Opening Friday May 30, at 21.00 In the end of may, Katrín Agnes Klar and Lukas Kindermann will show works dealing with the movement of the…
RÓ RÓ
The Skaftfell summer exhibition 2014 is entitled RÓ RÓ and presents a group of local and international visual artists who are in an active contact with Seyðisfjörður, a village with…
Russian Cinema: Angels of Revolution
Wednesday October 29 at 210.00 the Russian film “Angels of Revolution”  will be screened at Herðubreið Cinema in collaboration with the Russian Embassy in Reykjavik. The film has English subtitles and…
SOÐ
Students on their final year in the Fine Arts department from the Iceland Academy of the Arts present the exhibition SOÐ (e. stew), in Skaftfell, Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. This exhibition…
In colour
Thursday April 17 Students from grade 7-10 from the Seyðisfjarðarskóli primary school exhibit paintings made with home-made paint and tints from locally available material. Supervised by Litten Nyström.
Aspects of Abiotic Metabolism
The Bookshop – projectspace April 17 – 24, 2014 Abiotic comes from the Greek and means Âwithout lifeÂ. There are things in the world that are said to not be…
Artist talk #17
At the Bookshop – projectspace Newly arrived artists in residence at Skaftfell; Munan Ovrelid (NO) and Melissa Pokorny (US) will give an introduction to their work and practice. Munan will…
Aspects of Abiotic Metabolism
The Bookshop – projectspace Abiotic comes from the Greek and means “without life”. There are things in the world that are said to not be living – and yet they…
the Sauna-car
The outdoor sculpture ÂA movable feast by Andreas Jari Juhani Toriseva is a part of the exhibition Veldi, that is currently running in Skaftfell. The work is a car that…
Artists talk #16
Friday the 4th of April at 14:00 Newly arrived artists in residence Karlotta Blöndal (IS) and Jens Strandberg (SE) will give a short introduction to their work. All welcome !…
Artists talk #15
Current artists-in-residence at Skaftfell; Simona Koch and J. Pasila will give a short introduction to their work. This will be the fifteenth time artists-in-resicence give an public introduction to their…
Educational project 2013-2014
The educational project during the winter of 2013-2014 revolved around the visual language and practice of the Swiss artist Dieter Roth. Skaftfell invited primary school students from ten to twelve…
23:58 – Just a little time
Marie decided to take one year of her time to spent it in Iceland. Time to share with people while exploring an unknown world. Time is money. Time is precious.…
Veldi
Veldi is a group exhibition by graduating students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The exhibition forms the conclusion of a two week long…
Roots of the past
the West Wall Thursday May 15, at 14.00 Students from grade 3.-6. Seydisfjordur primary school illustrate Icelandic folk tale. Supervised by Ãorkell Helgason. The event is a part of the…
Forgotten folk tale
Bistró Skaftfell Thursday May 15, at 14.00 Shadow theatre by pupils from the kindergarten Sólvellir that came to life from stories told by elderly patients in the Seydisfjordur hospital. Supervised…
Twin City: February 7-15, 2014
Skaftfell recommends Twin City a public art show that opens this Friday. The show combines temporarily two locations, Seydisfjördur and Melbu in Norway that are separated by 1500 km sea.…
Disney, Lazy town and Toy story
Bookshop-projectspace DanÃel Björnsson, guided by Elvar Már Kjartansson, exhibits versatile drawings made this winter. The event is a part of the yearly art-festival, List án landamæra.
Educational project winter 2013-2014
For the past months Skaftfell has invited students from elementary schools in East Iceland to do an educational project about Dieter Roth and graphic technique. Students took a field trip…
Open studio at Skaftfell
Jens Reichert (DE) invites into his studio: Thursday January 23rd from 16:00 – 20:00 Skaftfell residency, Austurvegur 42, top floor Jens has been in residence at Skaftfell for December and…
Christoph Büchel represents Iceland in the Venice Biennale
Skaftfell wishes artist Christopher Büchel and curator Nína Magnúsdóttir congratulations on representing Iceland in the next Venice Biennale. Büchel was Skaftfell’s honory artistic director in 2011-2012 and initiated the Narrative…
Everything is in Everything
Art Class theme week collaboration Everything is in Everything between Skaftfell and Seyðisfjarðarskóli will conclude this friday with a student exhibition at the old school building from 12.30-14.00. All students…
“Don´t let the sun go down on your grievances”
A two-day show at The Bookshop – projectspace Opening on the 24/1 at 16.00 + open 25/1 14.00-18.00 Matthias Ruthenberg (born 1984 in Berlin) lives, works and studies in Bremen,…
Eyrarrós award ceremony
Students from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts
The annual “Workshop Seyðisfjörður” began in middle February for the graduating class of fine art art students in the Icelandic Academy of the Arts. The process ends with an exhibition…