Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.02.2007, Blaðsíða 10

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Fri 09.02 DJ Árni Sveins
Sat 10.02 DJ Biggi Veira: GusGus prer-
elease party
Thu 15.02 DJ Roesbert
Fri 16.02 DJ Krummi
Sat 17.02 DJ Jón Atli
Thu 22.02 DJ Chuck
Fri 23.02 DJ Krummi
Sat 24.02 DJ Árni Sveins
Wed 28.02 Sprengjuhöllin in concert
and Best of 2006 Party with madches-
ter.is
Sportbarinn
Jafnarsel 6, Breiðholt
Sat 10.02 Benefit concerts for children
suffering from heart diseases: Foreign
Monkeys, Perfect Disorder, Dimma,
Celestine and Helshare. Starts at
22:00. Tickets for 1000 ISK.
Vegamót
Vegamótarstígur 4
A weekly anticipation for its trendy
clientele, always dressed for the occa-
sion, the party starts at midnight and
ends early in the morning.
Fri 09.02 DJ Símon
Sat 10.02 DJ’s Anna Rakel and Hjaldi
Thu 15.02 DJ Símon
Fri 16.02 DJ Benni
Sat 17.02 DJ Dóri
Fri 23.02 Vegamót DJ
Sat 24.02 Vegamót DJ
Art
101 Gallery
Hverfisgata 18
Thu.-Sat. 14-17 and by appointment
www.101hotel.is/101hotel/101gallery/
18 Jan – 15 Feb
If you want Blood … you’ve got it!
Stephan Stephensen / President Bogo
photo exhibit.
Anima Gallery
Ingólfsstræti 8 / Lækjargata 2
Tue.-Sat. 13-17
www.animagalleri.is
Artótek
Tryggvagata 15
Mon. 10-21, Tue.-Thu. 10-19, Fri. 11-
19, Sat. and Sun. 13-17
www.sim.is/Index/Islenska/Artotek
Until 18 Feb
Iðnaðarlandslag / Industrial Landscape
Guðrún Öyahals exhibition.
Aurum
Bankastræti 4
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 11-16
www.aurum.is
The Einar Jónsson Museum
Eiríksgata
Tue.-Sun. 14-17
www.skulptur.is
Permanent exhibition
The work of sculptor Einar Jónsson
Á næstu grösum restaurant
Laugavegur 20B
www.aneastugrosum.is
Current exhibition
Vera / Stay
Ellen Marie Fodstad photo exhibit
The Culture House
Hverfisgata 15
Open daily 11-17
www.thjodmenning.is
Until 27 Feb
Icelandic Fashion 2006
Permanent Exhibits
Medieval Manuscripts; The National
Museum – as it was.
The Library Room; The Road to Zion;
Berlin Excursion
Dwarf Gallery
Grundarstígur 21
Opening Hours: Fri. and Sat. 18-20
www.this.is/birta
Current exhibition
Video-work by Unnur Andrea Einars-
dóttir
Gallery 100 Degrees
Bæjarháls 1
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-16
www.or.is/Forsida/Gallery100
Current exhibition
Artwork owned by Reykjavík Energy.
Gallery Fold
Rauðarárstígur 14-16
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 11-16
Sun. 14-16
www.myndlist.is
Selling a large selection of Icelandic
and international art and hosting
exhibitions on a regular basis.
Gallerí Sævars Karls
Bankastræti 7
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 10-16
www.saevarkarl.is/gsm/
Current exhibition
Photographs by Gunnar S. Magnússon.
Gallery Tukt
Pósthússtræti 3-5
www.hitthusid.is
From 3 Feb
Percussive Poetic Photography.
Cooperative photo project by G. Karel
Másson and Jack Frost.
Gallery Turpentine
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
www.turpentine.is
Current exhibition
Jón Gunnar Árnason exhibition
Gallery Úlfur
Baldursgata 11
Mon.-Fri. 13-18.
www.3frakkar.com/galleryufur.php
Until 20 Feb
Fæðing Upphafs / The Birth of Begin-
ning
Paintings by Þórhallur Sigurðsson
Gel Gallerí
Hverfisgata 37
Mon.-Fri. 10-19
Sat. 10-17
From 16 Feb
Alex Zaklynsky exhibition
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Gerðuberg 3-5
Mon.-Thu. 11-17
Wed. 11-21
Thu.-Fri. 11-17
Sun-Sat. 13-16
www.gerduberg.is
3 Feb – 15 Apr
Tími – Afstæði – Gildi/ Time – Relativ-
ity – Relevance
Rúrí retrospective.
Gyllinhæð
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Students from the second year of the
Art Academy
i8 Gallery
Klapparstígur 33
Tue.-Fri. 11-17
Sat. and by appointment 13-17
www.i8.is
18 Jan – 24 Feb
Kristinn E. Hrafnsson displays two steel
sculptures and 32 prints
18 Jan – 24 Feb
Björk Viggósdóttir exhibition
Háskólabíó Movie Theatre
Hagatorg
www.haskolabio.is
1 Mar – 31 Mar
The Plane: how does it work?
An exhibition presenting the evolution
of aeronautical science and technology
through the pioneers and the discover-
ies that defined its history. Spanning
the history of aviation from the first
aeroplane made by Clément Ader until
the last plane conceived by Airbus, the
A380.
Icelandic Labour Union’s
Art Gallery
Freyjugata 41
Tue.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
3 Feb – 25 Feb
Leiðsla / Trance
Eygló Harðardóttir exhibition. Video
installation, paintings, drawings and
3D works.
23 Feb – 25 Mar
Exhibition of Etienne de France
Kling & Bang Gallery
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Free Entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
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An exhibition about being Nordic
has opened in one of the worst
exhibition spaces in Reykjavik: the
basement of the Nordic house
which architect Alto intended for
storage. This should not stop you
from seeing the photographs by
Finnish artist Susanna Majuri cur-
rently on display.
Entitled You Nordic, Majuri
seems to have a romantic notion
of Nordic inhabitants, and she has
photographed people in Iceland,
Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
“I want to show that one can
find fantastic from near by. Fiction
blends into our life. The imaginary
is in fact actual,” says Majuri in de-
scribing her project.
Many of the pictures revolve
around water. One that catches
your eye is a photograph of rusty
boat going under the surface. A
young boy is staring at us from the
cockpit, the background is warm
autumn colours, and it leaves you
feeling uneasy but might also evoke
a sense of recognition.
“I follow the logic of colours,
when I combine places, people and
clothes. To me, the most important
quality of photography is its capa-
bility to convey emotions. I want to
start secret love affairs with places. I
want to be attracted,” she explains.
The Finnish photographer was
indeed attracted to Iceland; she
stayed in Reykjavik for months.
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The Nordic house, Sturlugata 5, 101
Reykjavik
An Exhibition About Us
The Nordic House – 20 Jan. - 4 Mar.
The acclaimed Icelandic thriller Cold
Trail, which premiered in Reykjavík
a month ago, will be showing with
English subtitles in the movie the-
atre Regnboginn. Directed by Björn
B. Björnsson and starring Þróstur
Leó Gunnarsson and Aníta Briem,
the film has received great reviews
from critics and has been doing ex-
tremely well at the box office.
Regnboginn, Hverfisgata 54. For
dates and screening hours visit:
www.bio.is
Cold Trail with English Subtitles
Regnboginn
A true fiesta for all movie lovers,
especially those fascinated with
French cinematography, the an-
nual French Film Festival will take
place for the seventh time next
month when French flicks will be
screened daily in Háskólabíó Mov-
ie Theatre from March 3rd to April
1st.
Among a broad selection of 35
films to be featured is the romance
Paris I Love You (Paris, je t’aime),
a co-operative project where 18
directors join hands in a film set
in various locations around the
city, each with their own take on
the subject of love. Also included
in the program will be: My little
Finger told Me by Pascal Thomas;
Me and My Sister by Alexandre
Leclère; a series of films starring
Isabelle Huppert, a symbol of
French filmography; and a cycle of
nine films by award-winning film-
maker Pierre Coulibeuf, of which
Warriors of Beauty with Erna
Ómarsdóttir should be an interest-
ing piece.
To mark the opening of the
festival, talented French songbird
Emilie Simon will throw a con-
cert in Háskólabíó on March 4th.
Known for her crystal voice, she
took on the task of composing the
soundtrack to the film March of
the Penguins and is becoming an
extremely popular electronic art-
ist in her home country. Her latest
album, Végétal, released in 2006,
was highly praised and her reputa-
tion has spread.
As if all this isn’t enough, a
grand concert with the experi-
mental electronic duo Air is sched-
uled for July. Their newest album,
Pocket Symphony, is set to be re-
leased on March 5th.
A 50% discount is offered to
all members of Alliance Française
buying tickets. The program will
be available online at the Alliance
Française website, www.af.is, in a
brochure available at Háskólabíó
and in the March issue of the
Reykjavík Grapevine.
Háskólabíó Movie Theatre at Haga-
torg. www.haskolabio.is.
Emilie Simon, Air and a Grand French
Film Festival
Háskólabíó – 3 Mar. - 1 Apr.
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Music
Bar 11
Laugavegur 11
A popular hangout for Reykjavík’s
rockers and their young idolaters with
DJ’s playing classic rock‘n’roll hitters.
Fri 09.02 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 10.02 DJ Óli Dóri
Fri 16.02 DJ Óli Dóri
Sat 17.02 DJ Palli Maus
Fri 23.02 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 24.02 DJ Óli Dóri
Fri 02.03 DJ Palli Maus
Sat 03.03 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Fri 09.02 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 10.02 Ten Steps Away + guests in
concert followed by DJ Óli Dóri
B5
Bankastræti 5
Fri 09.02 Grapevine Party. Ta! Ta! Ta!
and Esja. Starts at 22:00
Broadway
Ármúli 9
Sat 17.02 Tina Turner tribute show
with Sigga Beinteins
Fri 23.02 Queen Party
Sat 24.02 Tina Turner tribute show
with Sigga Beinteins
Café Amsterdam
Hafnarstræti 5
Fri 09.02 Coburn and Ronda & the
Runestone Cowboys in concert fol-
lowed by DJ Master. Starts at 23:00
Sat 10.02 Buff and Brain Police
Thu 15.02 Dust Cap and Red Motor
Dog in concert. Starts at 22:00
Fri 16.02 Envy of Nona release concert
Sat 17.02 DJ Fúsi
Thu 22.02 Hjalti and Silli from Dimma
Fri 23.02 DJ Master
Sat 24.02 DJ Master
Café Cultura
Hverfisgata 18
Music from the world’s four corners
Fri 09.02 DJ Lupin
Sat 10.02 Russian Night with DJ Sergei
Café Rósenberg
Lækjargata 2
A true jazz club featuring live gigs with
some of Iceland’s finest jazzists almost
every night of the week.
Fri 09.02 Sviðin jörð big band in
concert
Sat 10.02 Sviðin jörð big band in
concert
Wed 14.02 Einar Snorri trio
Thu 15.02 South River band
Fri 16.02 Ljótu hálfvitarnir in concert
Sat 17.02 Ljótu hálfvitarnir in concert
Thu 22.02 Misery Loves Company in
concert
Fri 23.02 Ásgeir and Hannes quartet
Sat 24.02 Ásgeir and Hannes quartet
Thu 01.03 Dúi Jazzband
Fri 02.03 Hlynur Ben troubadour
Fri 09.03 Siggi Perez in concert
Deco
Austurstæti 12
Fri 09.02 Vocal House Night: Singer
Seth Sharp and DJ Tommy White
Dillon
Laugavegur 30
Legendary rock pub featuring live
concerts every Wednesday night and
rock DJ’s every weekend.
Fri 09.02 DJ’s Steinunn and Silja
Sat 10.02 DJ Andrea Jóns
Wed 14.02 Bennys Crespo’s Gang +
friends
Thu 15.02 Grasrætur in concert
Fri 16.02 Foreign Monkeys + DJ’s
Steinunn and Silja
Sat 17.02 DJ Andrea Jóns
Wed 21.02 Perfect Disorder in concert
Fri 23.02 Græsrætur + DJ Mikkó
Sat 24.02 DJ Andrea Jóns
Wed 28.02 Live concert
Thu 01.03 Beerday + Grasrætur
Fri 02.03 DJ Mikkó
Sat 03.02 DJ Andrea Jóns
Wed 07.03 Live concert
Fri 09.03 Noice in concert followed by
DJ Mikkó
Hallgrímskirkja Church
Skólavörðuholt
Tue 27.02 Concerts with French organ-
ist Vincent Warnier
Háskólabíó
Hagatorg
Thu 01.03 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra: Eroica. Ludwig van
Beethoven; Symphony no. 3
Sun 04.03 French singer Emilie Simon
in concert
Hitt Húsið
Pósthússtræti 3-5
Tue 15.02 British rockers The October
Game in concert. Also performing are
The Foreign
Monkeys, The Unknown, UnaStef and
Vafurlogi. Open to all ages free of
charge.
Hressó
Austurstræti 20
Here, troubadours play sing-along
hitters until midnight followed by DJs
playing whatever the crowd is aching
for at the moment.
Fri 09.02 Pub-lic followed by DJ Maggi
Sat 10.02 Helgi Valur troubadour and
DJ Maggi
Fri 16.02 Touch in concert followed by
DJ Johnny
Sat 17.02 Pub-lic followed by DJ
Johnny
Fri 23.02 Touch in concert followed by
DJ Maggi
Sat 24.02 Pub-lic followed by DJ Maggi
Fri 02.02 Touch in concert followed by
DJ Johnny
Sat 03.02 Nanas in concert
Fri 09.03 Touch in concert followed by
DJ Maggi
Kaffibarinn
Bergstaðastræti 1
With a mixture of techno, reggae, hip-
hop and classic dance hitters, the DJs
are usually capable of crowding the
dance floor each weekend and getting
the regulars frisky at weekdays.
Fri 09.02 DJ Alfons X
Sat 10.02 DJ Benni B-Ruff
Wed 14.02 DJ’s Steinunn and Silja
Thu 15.02 DJ Pétur
Fri 16.02 DJ Árni Sveins
Sat 17.02 DJ Gísli Galdur
Thu 22.02 DJ Tommy White
Fri 23.02 Don Balli Funk
Sat 24.02 DJ Alfons X
Wed 28.02 DJ Benni B-Ruff
Nasa
Thorvaldsenstræti 2
Sat 24.02 Sálin in concert
Thu 01.03 Lisa Ekdahl in concert
Sun 04.03 Lisa Ekdahl in concert
Tue 06.03 Stranglers in concert
Wed 07.03 Stranglers in concert
Prikið
Bankastræti 12
This old coffeehouse turns into a hip-
hop mania at weekends where not
only DJs but also drummers and bass-
ists create a crasy pit at the dancefloor.
Fri 09.02 Franz and Kristó followed
by Blautt Malbic extravaganza: Danni
Deluxe, Dóri DNA and DJ Óli
Sat 10.02 DJ Peter Parker warms up
the crowd before DJ Anna Rakel and
DJ Hjalti
Wed 14.02 DJ Andri
Thu 15.02 DJ Kári
Fri 16.02 Franz and Kristó followed by
Gísli Galdur and Addi the drummer
Sat 17.02 Old-school night with Benni
B-Ruff
Wed 21.02 DJ Playmobile
Thu 22.02 Lay Low and Pétur Ben in
concert followed by DJ Benni B-Ruff
Fri 23.02 Franz and Kristó followed
by Blautt Malbic extravaganza: Danni
Deluxe, Dóri DNA and DJ Óli
Sat 24.02 DJ De la Rósa and DJ Óli
Wed 28.02 DJ Gunni Stef
Sirkus
Klapparstígur 30
Playing reggae, country and occasion-
ally hosting at least one live gig at
weekdays, Sirkus’s veteran techno DJs
keep the party going until morning at
weekends.
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February is the time for lots of
food and an equal serving of fun
when the annual gourmet fiesta
invades various restaurants around
the city. Iceland Naturally, a group
of Icelandic seafood, agriculture,
water and tourism leaders, Icelan-
dair, Icelandic agriculture and the
City of Reykjavík are the hosts of
this five-day festival, where world-
renowned chefs from France, Ger-
many, Finland, Norway, the UK and
USA collaborate with Reykjavík
restaurants to create a special Food
and Fun menu by using only Icelan-
dic ingredients. The participating
restaurants this year are: Apótek,
Domo, Silfur, The Grill, La Prima-
vera, The Pearl, Salt, The Seafood
Cellar, Siggi Hall at Óðinsvé, Skó-
labrú and VOX.
If a meal at any of those places
isn’t enough to satisfy your stom-
ach or your interest in fine dining,
the grand Cooking Competition,
taking place at the Reykjavík Art
Museum, February 25, is a special
treat for the taste buds and espe-
cially fun to watch. During that
event, which also marks the end of
the festival, all participating chefs
have to produce a three-course
menu and cook it on the spot, cre-
ating a massive cooking show open
to all.
Reykjavík Art Museum, Tryggvaga-
ta 17. More info at www.foodand-
fun.is
Those into the mainstream US rock
scene should start digging deep
into their wallets as the California-
based rock group Incubus are on
their way to Iceland next month.
This will be their first visit ever,
something their many devotees
have been anticipating for months.
The concerts taking place in Lau-
gardalshöll March 3rd is part of the
band’s worldwide tour in support of
their latest album, Light Grenades.
Featuring songs like Dig, Love Hurts
and Anna Molly, the album is pro-
duced by Brendan O’Brian, famous
for working with Pearl Jam, Sound-
garden and Rage Against the Ma-
chine, and debuted at number 1 on
the Billboard 200 list last year. This
first album since 2004, which saw
the release of A Crow Left of the
Murder, has been well received by
fans who are pleased that the band
still has what it takes.
Their career spans 15 years,
with seven studio albums, and
tours with the likes of System of
a Down, Black Sabbath, Korn, Pri-
mus, Mr. Bungle and Deftones.
Several awards and nominees have
also helped make Incubus a multi-
platinum seller and its members,
especially frontman Brandon Boyd,
pop icons in the alt-metal music
scene. Light Grenades’ first single,
Anna Molly, has been on top of the
charts all around the globe, includ-
ing in Iceland. Playing a mixture of
hard rock and softer power ballads,
the band’s live gigs are renowned
for being energetic and spicy, per-
forming for full houses wherever
they go.
Uncrowned kings of Iceland’s rock
scene, Mínus, will be the opening
act at Laugardalhöll. This should
be an awesome event for all true
fans, as they are also promot-
ing their forthcoming album, The
Great Northern Whale Kill, which
is their fourth studio album, sched-
uled for an early summer release.
This should be reason enough to
arrive early and jump in the mosh
pit at Laugardlashöll, anything else
would plainly be inexcusable. After
opening for Metallica, Foo Fight-
ers and Queens of the Stone Age,
they sure know how to do the job
right.
Tickets can be bought at midi.is, in
all Skífan stores and BT for 4,500
ISK.
Incubus and Mínus Rock the House
Laugardalshöll – 3 Mar. at 20:00
Food and Fun Festival in Reykjavík
Reykjavík Art Museum – 21 - 25 Feb.
On February 16th, New York native
and multi-talented artist Alex Zak-
lynsky will open a solo exhibition
in Gallery Gel, where a trendy hair
salon and a small exhibition space
coalesce under one roof at Klap-
parstígur 27.
Entitled Spirit Exposés, the ex-
hibition features sculpture instal-
lations inspired by the nature sur-
rounding the Kárahnjúkar area,
as well as paintings and altered T-
shirts. The opening party will start
at 18:00 where guests can exam-
ine the art while enjoying some
light refreshments.
Gallery Gel, Klapparstígur 27.
Alex Zaklynsky
Gallery Gel – 16 Feb.