2019

Zdenka Brungot Svíteková – Through the Layers

Zdenka Brungot Svíteková – Through the Layers

Dance workshop and individual bodywork sessions “As in all of nature, our patterns are layered into landscapes,changing each moment, while maintaining a sense of continuity and longevity.” Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen Zdenka Brungot Svíteková (NO/SK) is artist in residence at Skaftfell in August and September. She is a dancer, performer, dance maker and facilitator. She graduated with a Master degree in dance from the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia. Zdenka’s work is anchored in movement research fuelled by a deep interest in the body. She sees the body as a field of enquiry, knowledge, and memory; as […]

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Jessica Auer & Zuhaitz Akizu – Kujira (A White Whale)

Jessica Auer & Zuhaitz Akizu – Kujira (A White Whale)

New work by Jessica Auer and Zuhaitz Akizu in Skaftfell’s West Wall gallery in the bistro. Join us for the opening reception on June 17, 17:00 – 19:00. Everyone is welcome! The exhibition continues until October 25, 2019.  Some 400 years ago, Icelandic scholar and poet Jón lærði Guðmundsson (1574–1651) created a series of over 20 drawings of whales that could be found in Icelandic waters. Exactly how he could distinguish each whale from another remains a mystery, but one can imagine that his knowledge was linked to the whaling activities of his time.  Inspired by Jón lærði’s sketches and the […]

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