Reykjavík Grapevine - 13.07.2007, Page 13

Music Art Films Events
May 19–Sep 30
The Road Between
Andrá exhibition: Installations by
Guðbjörg Lind Jónsdóttir, Guðrún
Kristjánsdóttir and Kristín Jónsdóttir.
The Nordic House
Sturlugata 5
Tue.–Sun. 12–17
www.nordice.is/
The Numismatic Museum
Kalkofnsvegur 1
Open Mon.–Fri. 13:30–15:30.
Free admittance.
Permanent exhibition:
The Central Bank of Iceland and the
National Museum of Iceland jointly
operate a numismatic collection
consisting of Icelandic notes and coins.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
Aðalstræti 16
Open daily 10–17
Permanent exhibition:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Ásmundur Sveinsson
Sculpture Museum
Sigtún
Open daily 10–16
Admission ticket is valid for three days
in all three museums.
Free entrance every Thursday.
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
Mar 31–Dec 31
Folk Tales
An exhibition of works by Icelandic
draughtsmen who took on the task
of illustrating folk tales from the oral
tradition.
Apr 2–Dec 31
The Shape of Life
A new retrospective of the works by
Ásmundur Sveinsson. The exhibition
focuses on abstract works from 1945
onwards.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Hafnarhús
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10–17
May 11–Aug 19
My Oz
Roni Horn retrospective
Jun 21–Aug 12
Installation by Daníel Björnsson at the
D Gallery.
May 10–Aug 17
The Erró Collection
Works from the museum’s Erró
collection: A further examination of the
diverse subjects and stages of Erró’s
artistic oeuvre.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Kjarvalsstaðir
Flókagata
Open Daily 10–17
Feb 10–Sep 2
K-Þátturinn / The K-Factor
Jóhannes S. Kjarval retrospective.
May 19–Aug 26
Kvika / Magma
Icelandic contemporary design
May 19–Aug 26
The Spark – Design for Everyone
Design exhibition, with special
educational programming
Reykjavík City Hall
Vonarstræti
www.rvk.is
Jul 7–Jul 22
Monsters and Liquit Works
Ólafur Þórðarson exhibition
Reykjavík Museum
Kistuhylur 4
Open daily from 10–17
www.arbaejarsafn.is
Permanent exhibition:
Objects from Reykjavík cultural history.
The Reykjavík Museum
of Photography
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor
Weekdays 12–19
Sat.–Sun. 13–17
Free Entrance
www.ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is
Jun 1–Sep 9
Automatos
Olaf Otto Becker, Páll Stefánsson and
RAX
May 15–Jul 4
The Resistance Collection
Unnar Örn exhibition
Safn
Laugavegur 37
Wed.–Fri. 14–18
Sat.–Sun. 14–17
Free Entrance
www.safn.is
May 19–Oct 20
Museum of the Surface / Desire Archive
/ Decay Complex
Unnar Örn J. Auðarson exhibition
Jul 14–Aug 26
Tumi Magnússon exhibition
Jul 14–Aug 26
Down the Chimney
Jennifer Tee exhibition
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Laugarnestangi 70
Open Tue.–Sun. 14–17
Permanent exhibition:
Works of sculptor Sigurjón Ólafsson
Start Art / Art Shop
Laugavegur 12b
www.startart.is
Jul 7–Jul 29
Fríða Gylfadóttir exhibition
Jul 7–Jul 29
Hulda Vilhjálmsdóttir exhibition
Outside Reykjavík
Skaftfell
Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður
www.skaftfell.is
Jul 7–Aug 4
Tumi Magnússon summer-exhibition
featuring video installations
Hornafjörður Cultural Centre
Nýheimum, 780 Hornafjörður
www.hornafjordur.is/
menningarmidstod
Jun 28–Aug 7
Svavar Guðnason summer exhibition
Jun 29–Jul 30
Digital / Film / Oil
Hlynur Pálmason exhibition
Gallery Klettur
Helluhraun 16, Hafnarfjörður
Open Sat. 10–14. At other times by
arrangement.
Hafnarborg
Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður
Mon.–Sun. 11–17
www.hafnarborg.is
Jun 28–Aug 5
Paintings
Work of the Norse artist Kjell Nupen
Eden
Austurmörk 21, 810 Hveragerði
Open daily from 8:30–21:30
Current exhibition:
Elf Incubator in Eden
Works by Anna Hallin, Margrét Hlín
Sveinsdóttir, Olga Bergmann and
Steinunn Guðríður Helgadóttir.
LÁ Art Museum
Austurmörk 21, Hveragerði
Open daily from 12:00–18:00
Current exhibition:
Moving Mountains
Summer exhibition
Gljúfrasteinn
– Halldór Laxness museum
270 Mosfellsbær
Open daily except Mondays from
10–17.
Kópavogur Art Museum
– Gerðarsafn
Hamraborg, Kópavogur
Open daily 11:00–17:00 except
Mondays
www.gerdarsafn.is
The Icelandic Museum of Design
and Applied Art
Lyngás 7–9, 121 Garðabær
Opening hours: Tues.–Fri. 14–18; Sat.
and Sun. 16–18.
www.mudesa.org
Exhibitions devoted to Icelandic design.
The Icelandic Settlement Centre
Brákarbraut 1–15, Borgarnes
Opening hours: May to Sep 10–20; Sep
to May 11–17. www.landnam.is
Permanent exhibitions:
The Settlement of Iceland: The Saga of
Egill Skalla-Grímsson
Suðsuðvestur
Hafnargata 22, Keflavík
Thu.–Fri. 16–18
Sat.–Sun. 14–17
www.sudsudvestur.is
Jun 30–Aug 12
Birgir Snæbjörn and J.B.K. Ransu
exhibition
Vatnasafn – Library of Water
Bókhlöðustígur 17, 340 Stykkishólmur
www.libraryofwater.is
Open daily from 11–17.
Permanent exhibition:
Roni Horn installation. She has replaced
stacks of books with glass columns
containing water gathered from
Iceland’s glaciers and glacial rivers.
Sandgerði Museum
Gerðavegur 1, Sandgerði.
Until Feb 7, 2008
Polar Adventures
Exhibition on the life and work of the
French polar explorer, scientist and
doctor Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Jónas Viðar Gallery
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Fri.–Sat. 13–18
www.jvs.is/jvgallery.htm
Jun 30–Jul 19
Paintings by Kristján Steingrímur
Akureyri Art Museum
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Tue.–Sun. 12–17
www.listasafn.akureyri.is
Jun 30–Aug 19
Fjallið / The Mountain
Georg Guðni retrospective
DaLí Gallery
Brekkugata 9, Akureyri
Mon.–Sat. 14–18
www.daligallery.blogspot.com
Current exhibition:
19
Dagrún Mattíasdóttir exhibition
GalleriBOX
Kaupvangstræti 10, Akureyri
www.galleribox.blogspot.com
Current exhibition:
Birta Guðjónsdóttir exhibition
Films
Die Hard 4.0
Háskólabíó, Laugarásbíó, Regnboginn,
Sambíóin Keflavík, Smárabíó
Evan Almighty
Háskólabíó, Laugarásbíó, Sambíóin
Álfabakka, Sambíóin Keflavík,
Smárabíó
Fantastic Four 2
Háskólabíó, Regnboginn, Smárabíó
Harry Potter 5
Regnboginn, Sambíóin Akureyri,
Sambíóin Álfabakka, Sambíóin Keflavík,
Sambíóin Kringlunni, Smárabíó
Blind Dating
Sambíóin Álfabakka
Ocean’s 13
Sambíóin Álfabakka, Sambíóin
Kringlunni
Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Sambíóin Álfabakka, Sambíóin
Kringlunni
Shrek 3
Laugarásbíó, Sambíóin Álfabakka,
Sambíóin akureyri, Sambíóin Keflavík,
Sambíóin Kringlunni
Premonition
Háskólabíó, Regnboginn
The Lookout
Regnboginn
Death Proof (July 20)
Georgia Rule (July 25)
The Simpsons (July 27)
Movie Theatres
Regnboginn, Hverfisgata 54
101 Reykjavík, Tel. 551-9000
Háskólabíó, Hagatorg
107 Reykjavík, Tel. 525-5400
Laugarásbíó, Laugarás
104 Reykjavík, Tel. 565-0118
Smárabíó, Smáralind
201 Kópavogur, Tel. 564-0000
Sambíóin, Álfabakki 8
109 Reykjavík, Tel. 575-8900
Sambíóin, Kringlan 4-12
103 Reykjavík, Tel. 575-8900
Sambíóin Akureyri, Ráðhústorg
600 Akureyri, Tel. 461-4666
Nýja-Bíó, Hafnargata 33
230 Reykjanesbær, Tel. 421-1170
Selfossbíó, Eyrarvegur 2
800 Selfoss, Tel. 482-3007
Events
Concert Festival at Skálholt
12.07 – 06.08 The Skálholt Summer Con-
certs Festival has been held annually since
1975. The festival features 40 events
over a six week period, each with con-
trasting programs, three to five concerts
each week, including early baroque and
contemporary music, the former usually
played on period instruments. During
the years the festival has attracted in-
ternationally acclaimed artists as well as
talented young Icelandic musicians and
composers.
Concerts are held on Saturdays at 15:00
and 17:00, Sundays at 15:00 and on
Wednesdays or Thursdays at 20:00. All
concerts are free of charge. For more info
see: www.sumartonleikar.is
Creative Youngsters
13.07 Hitt Húsið’s Friday-Butterflies will
be flying around the city centre between
12 and 14 on July 13 to surprise as well
as entertain downtown pedestrians with
various happenings. The programme in-
cludes street-theatre at Laugavegurinn,
photography exhibition by Slafberi at
Lækjartorg and electro-group Rafhans
at Skólavörðustígur.
For a full list of performers see: www.
hitthusid.is.
Rave Against the Machine
14.07 The environmentalist resistance
group Saving Iceland has organised a street
rave as part of their protests against heavy
industry in the country. The party starts at
16:00 on July 14 and takes place next to
the artificially created gesysir in Öskjuhlíð.
To celebrate the summer and unite the
group of protestors, DJ’s Eyvi, Kiddi Ghozt
and Arnar will keep the party rockin’.
Reykholt Music Festival
26.07 – 29.07 The international music
festival will be held at Reykholt in Bor-
garfjörður for the eleventh time this year
where musicians from seven countries
will perform. Among performers are The
Moscow Male Choir of St. Basil’s Ca-
thedral and the Christopher Orchestra
of Lithuania accompanied by Icelandic
soprano Diddú.
Tickets are sold at midi.is and at www.
reykholtshatid.is
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www.gljufrasteinn.is
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Graphic designer and photogra-
pher Jóhannes Kjartansson recently
opened his first solo exhibition at the
Naked Ape Gallery (located inside the
designer street-clothing shop The Na-
ked Ape), at Bankastræti 14. Entitled
ÚT / VIL / EK, the exhibition space fea-
tures twenty snapshots Kjartansson
has been taking for the past three
years as well as two hidden ones in
the shop’s fitting room.
The exhibition’s title, which could
be translated as ‘I want to get out’, re-
fers to Snorri Sturluson’s saying when
he wanted to go back to Iceland from
Norway in the 12th century, detailing
his desire to travel overseas with these
now famous words.
Kjartansson’s exhibition describes
the photographer’s three-year jour-
ney, from short wanderings around
the city of Reykjavík and small fish-
ing town Ísafjörður to longer trips
to foreign communities as London,
Barcelona and Berlin.
He almost never leaves his home
without his old Yasika camera, and
can frequently be spotted running
around town taking pictures of ev-
eryday life on the streets. Whether it
is the wafflecar at Lækjartorg square,
a storage room full of cleansers or
a hyperactive elderly man partying
hard, he finds a way to make the
subject interesting.
The photos are for sale for the
ridiculous price of 5,000 ISK and
when the Grapevine went to print,
Kjartansson had already sold eight
of the twenty pieces, so you better
hurry. The photos can also be viewed
at his new website, www.joi.is.
Snapshot Photography
The Naked Ape – Until July 31
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