Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.03.2007, Blaðsíða 10

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Thu 22.03 DJ Kacoon
Fri 23.03 DJ Danni Deluxe
Sat 24.03 DJ Andi + DJ Benni B-Ruff
Thu 29.03 DJ Palli Maus
Fri 30.03 Playmobile + DJ Gunni Stef
Sat 31.03 DJ Andi + DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sirkus
Klapparstígur 30
Playing reggae, country and occasion-
ally hosting at least one live gig on
weekdays, Sirkus’s veteran techno DJs
keep the party going until morning on
weekends.
Fri 09.03 DJ Árni Sveins
Sat 10.03 DJ Þórhallur
Wed 14.03 DJ Jason
Thu 15.03 DJ Frosti Gringo
Fri 16.03 DJ Gísli Galdur
Sat 17.03 DJ Skeletor
Thu 22.03 DJ Chuck
Fri 23.03 DJ Tommi White
Sat 24.03 DJ Jón Atli
Wed 28.03 Madchester.is
Fri 30.03 Sirkus DJ
Sat 31.03 DJ President Bongo
Art
101 Gallery
Hverfisgata 18
Thu.-Sat. 14-17 and by appointment
www.101hotel.is/101hotel/101gallery/
Until 29 Mar
Von / Hope
Rakel Gunnarsdóttir exhibition
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 15 Mar
Exhibition of artworks selected
by author and filmmaker Þráinn
Bertelsson. The short-film Hvalalíf
by Kristján Loðmfjörð, based on
Bertelsson’s movie Nýtt Líf will be
premiered.
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
The Culture House
Hverfisgata 15
Open daily 11-17
www.thjodmenning.is
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
16 Feb – 17 Mar
Video-work by Unnur Andrea
Einarsdóttir
Gallery 100 Degrees
Bæjarháls 1
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-16
www.or.is/Forsida/Gallery100
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/
Gallery Tukt
Pósthússtræti 3-5
www.hitthusid.is
From 24 Feb
Margrét Agnes Iversen and Ásta
Fanney Sigurðardóttir exhibition
Gallery Turpentine
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
www.turpentine.is
From 16 Feb
The Kodak Moments
Hallgrímur Helgason exhibition
From 16 Feb
Cadavres Exquis: Remnants of
Existence
Monika Tess exhibition
Gallery Úlfur
Baldursgata 11
Mon.-Fri. 13-18.
www.3frakkar.com/galleryufur.php
In March
Guðmundur Ármann exhibition
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
– Relativity – 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
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
discoveries 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. (Pourquoi Pas?
Festival)
Icelandic Labour Union’s Art
Gallery
Freyjugata 41
Tue.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
23 Feb – 25 Mar
Exhibition of Etienne de France
(Pourquoi Pas? Festival)
3 Mar – 25 Mar
Veðurfar / Climate
Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir exhibition
Kling & Bang Gallery
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Free Entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
17 Mar – 15 Apr
Li’l One with Arugula
John Bock film project
17 Mar – 15 Apr
Blackout For Death
Alejandro Vidal exhibition
Living Art Museum
Laugavegur 26
Wed., Fri.-Sun. 13-17
Thur 13-22
www.nylo.is/
Until 18 Mar
Presque Rien
A contemporary art exhibition with
works of French artists like Robbert
Filliou & Joachim Pfeufer, Michel Blazy,
Rebecca Bournigault, Jean-Baptiste
Bruant & Maria Spangaro, Clôde
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Gallery Kling & Bang presents the
opening of two exhibitions on
March 17th with an opening party
starting at 17:00 inside its premises.
These are the works of the highly
respected German multi-media
artist John Bock and Spanish artist
Alejandro Vidal. In their projects,
although very different in form and
presentation, they both deal with
the topic of violence in some very
gory and demonstrative ways.
In the gallery’s basement,
Bock’s film Lütte mit Rucola
(Li’l One with Arugula) will be
screened. Bock is known for being
unpredictable, presenting works
that are a mix of pseudo-scientific,
aesthetic, social and political
commentary when telling stories
about the world and reinterpreting
common understandings about
our surroundings. This newest
project of his, a very artistic horror
movie where Bock finds himself
under the influence of little girl,
Lütte, who is practising para-
voodoo, is no exception. The press
release reads that in the film; “John
Bock is being remote-controlled
by the paranormal powers of
the Lütte and driven towards
heinous acts. Thus the body of
his victim is being deconstructed
and diagrams installed on it, and
he conducts various tests and
analyses. Decision-modules are
being positioned on the body for
determination of analytic truths.
Brutally, but endued with technical
skill, body parts are being cut-off
and placed into modules in order to
determine the Optimal Formula.”
Alejandro Vidal’s exhibition
features a selection of video and
photographic works where he leads
us through the streets of Hong
Kong, explores how violent deaths
turn into rituals and questions the
relationship between policies of
security and the culture of fear in
three different projects that unite in
the groundfloor showroom under
the banner Blackout For Death.
Both exhibitions will be on display
until May 15th.
Gallery Kling & Bang, Laugavegur
23, www.this.is/klingogbang.
Chaotic Brutality in Kling & Bang
Gallery Kling & Bang – 17 March - 15 May
If you would like to be included
in the Grapevine listings, free of
charge, contact the Grapevine by
email at listings@grapevine.is.
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 09.03 Atómstöðin and South Coast
Killing Company in concert. Followed
by DJ Óli Dóri
Sat 10.03 Ten Steps Away + guests
followed by DJ Gulli Ósóma
Fri 16.03 Who Knew + guests followed
by DJ Palli Maus
Sat 17.03 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Fri 23.03 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 24.03 DJ Óli Dóri
Fri 30.03 DJ Palli Maus
Sat 31.03 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Café Amsterdam
Hafnarstræti 5
Wed 04.04 Reykjavík Grapevine
presents: Take me Down to Reykjavík
City concert series. Aldrei fór ég suður
sneak peak featuring Mínus, Pétur
Ben, FM Belfast,
Skúli Þórðarson & Sökudólgarnir and
Lay Low. Starts at 21:00.
Café Cultura
Hverfisgata 18
Music from the world’s four corners
Fri 09.03 DJ Playmobile
Sat 10.03 DJ Kristín
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 09.03 Hrafnaspark play Django-jazz
Sat 10.03 Hrafnaspark play Django-
jazz
Wed 14.03 Andrés Þór jazz trio
Thu 15.03 Fabúla in concert
Fri 16.03 Theatre performance:
Remba. Starts at 21:00
Sat 17.03 Theatre performance:
Remba. Starts at 21:00
Thu 22.03 Rósin Okkar play Irish and
Icelandic folk music
Fri 23.03 James Lowe + Gunnar Valur,
followed by Misery Loves Company
Sat 24.03 James Lowe + Gunnar Valur,
followed by Misery Loves Company
Thu 29.03 Sváfnir + Halli
Fri 30.03 Rúnar Þór + band
Sat 31.03 Rúnar Þór + band
Wed 04.04 B3 Trio in concert
Thu 05.04 Sökudólgarnir in concert
Fri 06.04 Helgi Valur in concert
Sat 07.04 Helgi Valur in concert
Christ’s Church
Hávallagata 16
Sat 17.03 Victoria Requiem: Carmina
Chamber Choir. Tickets at the 12 Tónar
shop, Skólavörðustíg 15.
Sun 18.03 Victoria Requiem: Carmina
Chamber Choir.. Tickets at the 12
Tónar shop, Skólavörðustíg 15.
Dillon
Laugavegur 30
Legendary rock pub featuring live
concerts every Wednesday night and
rock DJ’s every weekend.
Fri 09.03 Noise + DJ Andri Freyr
Sat 10.03 DJ Andrea Jóns
Wed 08.03 Drep
Thu 15.03 Grasrætur in concert
Fri 16.03 Atómstöðin + DJ’d Rod and
Stuard
Sat 17.03 DJ Andrea Jóns
Wed 21.03 Weapons + guests
Fri 23.03 Light’s on the Highway in
concert followed by DJ’s Rod and
Stuard
Sat 24.03 Grasrætur + DJ Andrea Jóns
Fri 30.03 Wulfgang in concert followed
by DJ’s Rod and Stuard
Sat 31.03 DJ Andrea Jóns
Domo
Þingholtsstræti 5
Tue 03.04 Reykjavík Blues Festival
Wed 04.04 Reykjavík Blues Festival:
Kentár
Thu 05.04 Reykjavík Blues Festival
Fri 06.04 Reykjavík Blues Festival
Fríkirkjan Church
Laufásvegur 13
06.04 Lay Low in concert
Háskólabíó
Hagatorg
Sat 10.03 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra: Family Concert
Thu 15.03 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra concert
Thu 22.03 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra concert
Thu 29.03 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra concert
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 09.03 Touch followed by DJ Maggi
Sat 10.03 Helgi Valur followed by DJ
Maggi
Wed 14.03 Reykjavík Grapevine pres-
ents: Take me Down to Reykjavík City
concert series. Sprengjuhöllin + guests.
Starts at 21:00
Fri 16.03 Gotti and Eisi followed by DJ
Johnny
Sat 17.03 Public followed by DJ Jón
Gestur
Fri 23.03 Touch followed by DJ Maggi
Sat 24.03 Glódís and bluesband fol-
lowed by DJ Maggi
Fri 30.03 Touch followed by DJ Johnny
Sat 31.03 Menn ársins followed by DJ
Johnny
Wed 04.04 Touch followed by DJ Jón
Gestur
Fri 06.04 DJ Maggi
Sat 07.04 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 09.03 DJ Alfons X
Sat 10.03 DJ Árni Sveins
Wed 14.03 DJ Maggi Legó
Thu 14.03 DJ Pétur
Fri 16.03 Don Balli Funk
Sat 17.03 DJ Benni B-Ruff
Wed 21.03 DJ Maggi Legó
Thu 22.03 DJ Árni Sveins
Fri 23.03 DJ Alfons X
Sat 24.03 Kaffibar DJ
Wed 28.03 DJ Pétur
Fri 30.03 Don Balli Funk
Sat 31.03 DJ Árni Sveins
Laugardalshöll
Wed 28.03 Sir Cliff Richard in conceert
Loftkastalinn
Seljavegur 2
Sat 31.03 Iceland’s Battle of the Bands:
Finals
Nasa
Thorvaldsenstræti 2
Sat 17.03 Hjálmar in concert
Thu 22.03 Lay Low + guests
Sat 24.03 GusGus release concert
Wed 04.04 Blonde Redhead + Reykja-
vík! + Kristin Hersh
Nordica Hotel
Suðurlandsbraut 2
Tue 03.04 Reykjavík Blues Festival: KK
+ Andrea + Jolly Jumper & Big Moe
Wed 04.04 Reykjavík Blues Festival:
Ronnie Baker Brooks + Kentár
Thu 05.04 Reykjavík Blues Festival: Zora
Young & Blue Ice Band + Lay Low
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 09.03 Franz and Kristó followed by
DJ Benni B-Ruff
Sat 10.03 DJ Andri + DJ Kári
Wed 14.03 DJ Kvikindi
Thu 15.03 DJ Palli Maus
Fri 16.03 Blautt Malbik
Sat 17.03 DJ’s KGB, Kári and Árni
Sveins
Wed 21.03 DJ Kvikindi
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Party-group GusGus is now cel-
ebrating the release of its fifth
studio album, Forever, inviting ev-
eryone interested to join in on the
rush with a grand show at NASA,
Saturday March 24th. It will be the
band’s first concert in Iceland for
a year.
This event happens to be a
double celebration party, as the
opening act of the night, Pet-
ter Winnberg (also known as
Hjálmar’s groovin’ bass player),
is also seeing the release of his
first album, Easily Ticked, released
with GusGus’s record company
Pineapplerecords. There will only
be a limited amount of tickets, so
hurry, you won’t want to miss out
on this extravaganza!
Tickets can be bought at Skífan
record store, BT and at www.midi.
is. The concerts start at 23:00.
NASA, Thorvaldsenstræti 2.
March 22, the Icelandic embassy of
the NSK State will be formally ope-
ned with a lecture and ceremony
at the Reykjavík Akademy. Dr. Ale-
xei Monroe, Phd in cultural theory
studies from the University of Kent,
will introduce the essence and arti-
stic energy of the NSK State.
NSK (Neue Slowenishe Kunst),
was fomed in Ljubljana, Slovenia in
1984, when the experimental mu-
sic group Laibach and their artistic
collaborators declared NSK an in-
dependent state - “The first Global
state of the universe” - not of ter-
ritory, but rather a “virtual state in
time”. Laibach later became a sub-
division of their own creation as
the musical arm of NSK. The State
Machine began issuing stamps and
passports and soon consulates and
embassies started appearing across
the world, from Belgium to Beijing.
Today NSK has more citizens than
the Vatican. Everyone can apply for
a passport, regardless of race or re-
ligion.
NSK’s five departements have a
long history of mixing art, totalitarian
ideology and propaganda. The core
of the collective, which makes up this
virtual state, has it’s own “constitu-
tion of membership and basic du-
ties of NSK members” - something
that is deliberately reminiscent of
the charters of medieval guilds,
cults and fraternities, and also evo-
kes totalitatarian depersonalizati-
on.
NSK has always been especially
interested in the impossibility of ori-
ginality, as can be seen for example
in how laibach recycles and trans-
forms classic pop songs or how
Irwin, the painting division, blends
Slovenian national landscape ima-
ges into catholic iconography and
Stalinist propaganda imagery.
On March 22, the national ho-
liday of NSK.is, citizens welcome
to witness the most consistently
challenging artistic force in Eastern
Europe today. Ambassade d’NSK
in Iceland operates as an individual
unit, and utilizes and recycles the
energy pumping out the “Eastern
Barbarian” art scene.
For more details, visit: www.akade-
mia.is
Embassy Opening – NSK
Reykjavík Academi – 22 March at 14:00
GusGus Release Gig
NASA – 24 March
Art group, music collective and
record label Kitchen Motors has
organized three different music
nights during the Pourquoi Pas?
festival. Kitchen Motors has always
emphasised exceptional artist col-
laborations with the aim of mixing
together artists from diverse back-
grounds to create experimental
productions breaking all boundar-
ies.
This project’s first event fea-
tures a collaboration of the French
group Monade playing with French
singer and writer Angil and the
Icelandic artists and Kitchen Mo-
tors founders Kira Kira and Jóhann
Jóhannsson. Monade is the project
of former Stereolab singer Laetitia
Sadier.
For the second part of this
interesting collaboration, Örvar
from múm, Alex Somers and Kira
Kira will perform the Helvítis Plinki
Plonk Symphony on March 29th
along with the French-Icelandic
Symphony.
National Theatre Basement, Hverfis-
gata 19. Concerts start at 22:00.
Kitchen Motors Nights
National Theatre Basement – Mar 28 and 29
March 10, a new progressive rock
station will hit the airwaves, with
the addition of Reykjavík FM 105.
Former employees of the recently
closed XFM 91.9 radio station, a
successful radio venture that was
bought and quickly liquefied by
the 365 Media conglomerate in
order to make room for their own
competing X-ID 97.7 rock station,
are responsible for the venture.
Not happy with being put off
the air, the staff, obviously entre-
preneurs at heart, started their
own station, which will return to
the airwaves some of Iceland’s
most popular DJs, such as Ómar
Bonham, Dr. Gunni and Stjáni
Stuð; and popular shows, such as
the Capone Brothers, the hardcore
show Dordingull, the indie show
Threads, plus a new football show,
hosted by fotbolti.net.
Reykjavík FM 105
On the Radio – 10 March
There Were No Nightclubs
The Reykjavik Museum of Photography
Is this your father smoking a pipe
at the age of three? The above
picture is taken by Karl Christian
Nielsen in 1949 and is one of four
million photographs at the Reykja-
vík Museum of Photography. The
archives consist of photographs
from the period 1870 until 2002
taken by both professional and
amateur photographers.
Interested in knowing what
Reykjavik looked like hundred
years ago, and missed the out-
door exhibition last summer?
Want to find old family portraits?
If the museum has a portrait of
your great grandfather they’ll
make you a copy. It is located at
the top floor of the City Library
in Reykjavik, and is goldmine for
people interested in the history of
photography, featuring pictures,
glassplates, negatives and slides,
and articles and documents relat-
ing to photography.EMF
The Reykjavik Museum of Photog-
raphy, Tryggvagata 15, 6ht floor,
101 Reykjavik.