Residency program

Call for Applications – Wanderlust Thematic Residency 2020

Call for Applications – Wanderlust Thematic Residency 2020

THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED. Skaftfell is inviting applications to participate in the thematic residency „Wanderlust“, which will be taking place June 8-30, 2020. Application deadline: October 31, 2019 Referring to Rebecca Solnit’s book Wanderlust, this thematic residency will bring together seven artists who wish to consider the notion of wandering as an aesthetic practice. Linking the activities of walking, thinking and art-making, the aim of the residency will be to explore how art can convey one’s experience of place.  The roads, paths, and valleys of Seydisfjördur will provide participants with the arena to move and think about notions of space, […]

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Hazard Zone – Through the Layers

Hazard Zone – Through the Layers

September 10, 20:00-21:00, Herðubreið cinema Zdenka Brungot Svíteková and her team, currently participating in Skaftfell’s residency program, will show a performative work in progress in Herðubreið’s cinema space on September 10. The event is free and everyone is welcome. Light refreshments will be available.  In addition, two free outdoor performances will be shown in the coming days, subject to weather. Everyone is welcome to attend at any time during the performances:  Friday September 6, Vestdalur, 15:00-17:00 Wednesday September 11, road to the avalanche barrier, 14:00-16:00, and rainbow street/Norðurgata 17:30-19:00. Concept / performer: Zdenka Brungot Svíteková (NO/SK) Creation / performers: Zoe […]

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