Residency events and activities

Alessa Brossmer – Glow In The Dark

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Skaftfell’s current artist in residence Alessa Brossmer (DE) opens her in-house installation GlowInTheDark on April 16, 21:00 – 23:00 in Nielsenhús, Hafnargata 14. There will be hot drinks and conversations to melt the winter away. Everyone is welcome! GlowInTheDark takes place in a house once owned by a fisherman. In the living room, glowing bioluminescence has settled, a natural phenomenon by which microbes and algae glow in the dark. For their residency, these tiny organisms favour the edges of the walls, ceiling and floor. In darkness, the room appears to be inverted – what you clearly see in daylight is […]

Printing Matter – Exhibition #4

in 2019, Artists-in-Residence, Past program, Residency events and activities

Saturday March 23, 16:00 – 18:00, Technical Museum of East Iceland, Seyðisfjörður. Amy Uyeda (CA), Apolline Fjara (FR), Eva Bjarnadóttir (IS), Labhaoise Ni Shuilleabhain (IE), Mary Buckland (CA), Olga Adele (LV), Shanice Tasias (CH) On Saturday, March 23, seven artists will present the results of their participation in Printing Matter, a thematic residency organised by Skaftfell in collaboration with the Technical Museum of East Iceland. Skaftfell’s thematic residencies are designed as platforms for knowledge exchange, dialogue, and collaboration between participants. For the past three weeks, this fourth edition of Printing Matter has brought together a group of artists from around the world. […]