Articles by: Skaftfell Residency

Ioana Popovici – Discard, decay, rust

Ioana Popovici – Discard, decay, rust

West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, Oct 26 – Nov 14, 2019. Opening times: daily from 15:00 to 22:00, or until the Bistro closes. Ioana Popovici is a choreographer, performer, and object-theatre maker from Romania, where she studied at the Academy of Theatre and Film in Bucharest. Since 2000 she has lived and worked abroad. Her works have been presented in festivals and galleries in Europe, USA, Mexico, South Korea, Israel and Brasil, and as a dancer she collaborated with several international choreographers. In 2008 she received the Sazka Award “Discovery in Dance” for the performance “Portrait” in Prague. Ioana has […]

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Jin Jing & Liu Yuanyuan

Jin Jing & Liu Yuanyuan

When The Boat Is Sailing Into Island I Know No More Than What I Know Now On September 26, from 17:00-20:00, Jin Jing (CN) and Liu Yuanyuan (CN) are holding a pop-up exhibition in Herðubreið’s gallery space, presenting the outcomes of their two-month residency at Skaftfell. Light refreshments will be available, and everyone is welcome. Jin Jing works and lives in Xiamen, China. She holds two MFA degrees from Xiamen University and from the Sandberg Instituut, Netherlands. Apart from developing her individual artistic work she has co-founded Wallcode design studio and the JieShiWu art project which is engaged in artistic research and art project […]

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