Articles by: Tinna

Mynd: stilla úr verki Cecilia Nygren, My Dreams Are Still About Flying, 2012. Video

Real Life

Gallery April 11 June 21, 2015 Curated by Gavin Morrison …as though literature, theater, deceit, infidelity, hypocrisy, infelicity, parasitism, and the simulation of real life were not part of real life!* This exhibition is about the lives of real people, albeit people that are somewhat extraordinary: an Icelandic artist, a Swiss ski jumper, a Swedish polar explorer and a Norwegian philosopher. The work that the artists and filmmakers have made about these individuals may be biographical but they are not however conventional biographies. They tell the stories of these people from particular, and sometimes peculiar perspectives. Uncertainties often occur, at […]

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New honorary artistic director appointed

Skaftfell appoints with great pleasure Gavin Morrison as honorary artistic director for 2015-2016. I am fascinated by the different roles which Skaftfell fulfils for Seydisfjordur and how the art centre exists within the life of the town. I feel that this position allows for a reflection on the relationship between the community and the art work in all its various forms, and how Skaftfell can explore new ways to articulate this relationship beyond the town, and beyond Iceland. Skaftfell operates in the field of contemporary art, on a local and international level. It´s activities are based upon exhibitions and events, […]

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