Reykjavík Grapevine - 13.04.2007, Blaðsíða 10

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April 4 – April 21
Stólar / Chairs
Hjalti Geir exhibition. The chairs on
display were designed between 1950
and 1970.
Anima Gallery
Ingólfsstræti 8 / Lækjargata 2
Tue.-Sat. 13-17
www.animagalleri.is
Until April 21
Spessi photo exhibition at Ingólfsstræti 8
Until April 15
Bjarni Sigbjörnsson exhibition at
Lækjargata 2
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 April 15
Exhibition of works by Kristín
Þorkelsdóttir featuring 14 paintings
and a video.
ASÍ Art Museum
Freyjugata 41
Tue.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
Until April 29
Opnur / Spreads
Borghildur Óskarsdóttir exhibition.
Stories from bygone days told through
photography.
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 exhibitions
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
Gallery 100 Degrees
Bæjarháls 1
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-16
www.or.is/Forsida/Gallery100
Permanent exhibition
Artwork owned by Reykjavík Energy
Until April 27
WA
Wall Paintings by 15 artists. The pieces
are painted by students of the Art
School of Reykjavík. (Pourquoi Pas?
Festival)
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. Next
auction will be held at Hótel Saga,
April 29.
Gallery Sævar Karl
Bankastræti 7
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 10-16
www.saevarkarl.is/gsm/
Until April 21
Traits Trés Mode
Design exhibition, giving an overview
of French fashion illustration.
(Pourquoi Pas? Festival)
Gallery Turpentine
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
www.turpentine.is
Gallery Úlfur
Baldursgata 11
Mon.-Fri. 13-18.
www.3frakkar.com/galleryufur.php
In April
Torfi Harðarson exhibition
Gel Gallerí
Hverfisgata 37
Mon.-Fri. 10-19
Sat. 10-17
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Gerðuberg 3-5
Mon.-Thu. 11-17
Wed. 11-21
Thu.-Fri. 11-17
Sat-Sun. 13-16
www.gerduberg.is
Until April 15
Tími – Afstæði – Gildi/ Time
– Relativity – Relevance
Rúrí retrospective.
March 10 – April 29
Ode to Icelandic Nature
Tapestry and paintings by Guðlaug I.
Sveinsdóttir
i8 Gallery
Klapparstígur 33
Tue.-Fri. 11-17
Sat. and by appointment 13-17
www.i8.is
March 15 – April 21
Samviskubit / Guilt Trip
Ragnar Kjartansson exhibition.
March 15 – April 21
Chromat – From Chromat 7: A kinetic
light sculpture
Adam Baker-Mill exhibition.
Kling & Bang Gallery
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Free Entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
Until April 15
Li’l One with Arugula
John Bock film project
Until April 15
Blackout for Death
Alejandro Vidal exhibition
Living Art Museum
Laugavegur 26
Wed., Fri.-Sun. 13-17
Thu. 13-22
www.nylo.is/
Current exhibition
Fata Morgana
Installations by Sirra Sigrún
Sigurðardóttir and Guðrún
Benónýsdóttir
The National Gallery
Fríkirkjuvegur
Tue.-Sun. 11-17
Free Entrance
listasafn.is
Until April 29
Exhibition of selected paintings by
Jóhann Briem and Jón Engilberts
The National Museum
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10-17
natmus.is/
Permanent Exhibitions
The Making of a Nation
Until April 29
Why Not Africa?
Dominique Darbois photo exhibit.
Photos of sculptures from the African
artistic heritage will also be on display
as well as original artwork. (Pourquoi
Pas? Festival)
Until April 29
Sporlaust / Without A Trace
Katrín Elvarsdóttir photo exhibition.
Until April 29
With a Silverneedle
Elsa E. Guðjónsson textile designer
The Nordic House
Sturlugata 5
Tue.-Sun. 12-17
www.nordice.is/
March 17 – April 22
Parallel Jewellers
Jewellery-design exhibition by
Margaretha Sandström and Peter
DeWit.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2: The
Settlement Exhibition
Aðalstræti 16
Open daily 10-17
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture
Museum
Sigtún
Open daily 10-16
Admission ticket is valid for three days
in all three museums.
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As part of the Pourquoi Pas?
festival, the critically acclaimed
French musical collective Nouvelle
Vague will make the Icelandic
public rejoice with their lively stage
performance and emotional yet
playful easy-listening versions of
post-punk classics at The Reykjavík
Art Museum on April 27. This is
the band’s first visit to the capital,
but its popularity among locals has
been steadily expanding.
Producers Marc Collin and
Oliver Libauxs met in 1998 and
soon started working on various
projects together. In 2003, they
experimented in making bossa
nova versions of post-punk classics
from the 80s. And they were on
to something that was on the
verge of being groundbreaking
brilliance. Soon after, the duo
incorporated a group of female
singers, and the self-titled Nouvelle
Vague debut was in full swing,
released in 2004. Featuring covers
of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear US
Apart, an experimental version of
The Dead Kennedy’s Too Drunk
Too Fuck, and The Clash’s Guns of
Brixton, the album turned out to
be a worldwide success, and led
the group on a tour visiting over
twenty countries.
In 2006, Nouvelle Vague’s
second album, Bande A Part,
bearing the same name as a
French 1960’s new wave flick, was
released. They kept to the original
concept and rearranged numerous
covers of early 80’s post-punk hits
in their own unique style, including
a Jamaican version of Blondie’s
Heart Of Glass and a lively cover of
Ever Fallen In Love by the Buzzocks.
By mixing percussions and acoustic
guitars, sensual, feminine voices,
accordions, steel drums and so
much more, the presentation
gives the old classics a new life
and a whole new meaning when
performed on stage.
Price per ticket is 3,900 ISK.
The Reykjavík Art Museum,
Tryggvagata 17.
Nouvelle Vague in Concert
The Reykjavík Art Museum – April 27 at 21:00
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Music
Bar 11
Laugavegur 11
A popular hangout spot for Reykjavík’s
rockers and their young idolaters with
DJ’s playing classic rock‘n’roll hitters.
Fri 13.04 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 14.04 DJ Óli Dóri Weapons
Fri 20.04 DJ Palli Maus
Sat 21.04 DJ Óli Dóri Weapons
Fri 27.04 DJ Palli MAus
Sat 28.04 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Fri 04.05 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 05.05 DJ Óli Dóri Weapons
Barinn
Laugavegur 22
Vibrant late-night party place and a
nice roomy bistro during daytime.
Fri 13.04 DJ Maggi Legó and DJ
Kvikindi
Sat 14.04 Barcode and DJ Ernir
Wed 18.04 Partyzone and Peter Parker
Thu 19.04 DJ Maggi Legó
Fri 20.04 DJ Peter PArker
Sat 21.04 DJ Yamaho
Wed 25.04 DJ Árni Japan
Thu 26.04 DJ Helgi Már
Fri 27.04 DJ Bjössi
Sat 28.04 TaTaTa! and DJ Kvikindi
Borgarleikhúsið
Listabraut 2
Wed 18.04 Síðan Skein Sól anniversary
concerts. Special guests: Mugison, KK,
Björn Jörundur and Silvía Nótt
Café Amsterdam
Hafnarstræti 5
Fri 13.04 DJ Fúsi
Sat 14.04 DJ Fúsi
Fri 20.04 Coburn + guests in concert
followed by DJ Master.. Starts at
23:00.
Sat 21.04 DJ Master
Café Cultura
Hverfisgata 18
Music from the world’s four corners
Fri 13.04 DJ Kristín
Sat 14.04 Vanishing Twins
Café Hljómalind
Laugavegur 21
Fri 13.04 German metal-band Melan-
coholics in concert
Sun 15.04 I Adapt, Rökkurró, The Best
Hardcore Band In The World and The
One Minute Kids. Concert start at 19
and as always, free entrace.
Dillon
Laugavegur 30
Legendary rock pub featuring live
concerts every Wednesday night and
rock DJ’s every weekend.
Fri 13.04 DJ Rod and Stewart
Sat 14.04 Grasrætur followed by DJ
Andrea Jóns
Wed 18.04 Envy of Nona in concert
Fri 20.04 Shadow Parade in concert
followed by DJ Mikko
Sat 21.04 Johnny and the Rest fol-
lowed by DJ Andrea Jóns
Wed 25.04 Tab22
Fri 27.04 DJ Rod and Stewart
Sat 28.04 Grasrætur and DJ Andrea
Jóns
Grand Rokk
Smiðjustígur 6
Fri 20.04 Dr. Spock and Drep in
concert
Háskólabíó
Hagatorg
Fri 20.04 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra
Wed 02.05 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra: Brahms / Beethoven III
Fri 04.05 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra: Brahms / Beethoven IV
Hellirinn
Hólmaslóð 2
Fri 13.04 Friday the 13th concerts:
Skítur, Carpe Noctem, Wreckless, Has-
treðjur and NinjaFish. Starts at 19:30.
Hitt Húsið
Pósthússtræti 3-5
Thu 26.04 – Thursday Foreplay
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 13.04 Flat Five in concert followed
by DJ Jón Gestur
Sat 14.04 Menn ársins and DJ Jón
Gestur
Wed 18.04 Pub-lic and DJ Maggi
Thu 19.04 Reykjavík Grapevine pres-
ents: Take me Down to Reykjavík City
concert series: Skátar + guests
Fri 20.04 Touch in concert followed by
DJ Maggi
Sat 21.04 Flat Five in concert followed
by DJ Maggi
Thu 26.04 Stormur í aðsigi in concert
Fri 27.04 Touch followed by DJ Jón
Gestur
Sat 28.04 Touch followed by DJ Andri
Ramirez
Kaffibarinn
Bergstaðastræti 1
With a mixture of techno, reggae,
hip-hop and classic dance hitters, the
DJs are usually capable of crowding
this frisky bar every single night of the
week.
Fri 13.04 Don Balli Funk
Sat 14.04 DJ Lazer
Wed 18.04 DJ Maggi Legó
Fri 20.04 Jack Schidt
Sat 21.04 DJ Casanova
Wed 25.04 Peter Parker
Thu 26.04 DJ Benni B-Ruff
Fri 27.04 DJ Árni Sveins
Sat 28.04 Alfons X
Nasa
Thorvaldsenstræti 2
Fri 13.04 Peter, Bjorn and John in
concert
Sat 21.04 GusGus in concert
Fri 27.04 Sálin in concert
Prikið
Bankastræti 12
This old-school easy-going coffee-
house transforms into a hip-hop mania
on weekends where local DJs create a
sweaty pit on the dancefloor.
Fri 13.04 Friskó followed by DJ Gísli
Galdur
Sat 14.04 DJ Maggi Legó
Wed 18.04 DJ Óli
Reykjavik Art Museum
– Hafnarhúsið
Tryggvagata 17
Fri 27.04 Nouvelle Vague in concert
Q-bar
Ingólfsstræti 3
Stylish and vibrant gay / straight-
friendly bar and party venue. Cosy
on weekdays and full of surprises on
weekends.
Fri 13.04 DJ Daði
Sat 14.04 DJ Yamaho
Wed 18.04 DJ Amma
Thu 19.04 DJ Buzby
Fri 20.04 Beauty and the Beast
Sat 21.04 DJ Þórir
Wed 25.04 DJ Anna Brá
Thu 26.04 DJ Þórir
Fri 27.04 Dive De LA Rosa Night
Sat 28.04 DJ Yamaho and Gísli Galdur
Sirkus
Klapparstígur 30
Playing reggae, country and occasion-
ally hosting live gigs on weekdays,
Sirkus’s veteran techno DJs keep the
party going till late on weekends.
Fri 13.04 DJ Skeletor
Sat 14.04 DJ President Bongo
Wed 18.04 DJ Roesbert and Árni Sveins
Thu 19.04 DJ Einar Sonic
Fri 20.04 Filthy Jukes and Trabant
DJ-set
Sat 21.04 DJ Árni Sveins
Fri 27.04 DJ Krummi
Sat 28.04 DJ Jón Atli
Wed 02.05 Reykjavík Grapevine pres-
ents: Take me Down to Reykjavík City
concert series: FM Belfast + guests
Museums & Galleries
101 Gallery
Hverfisgata 18
Thu.-Sat. 14-17 and by appointment
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Nothing to do with whaling or
sanction-busting chess players,
rather a large stone seat on a hill-
side near Rauðavatn, on the outs-
kirts of Reykjavik. A little plaque
nearby describes it as a northern
lights watching point.
Calling something a folly sug-
gests it is a mistake. However, the
follies that dot Britain, the US and
mainland Europe are eccentric and
beautiful pieces of architecture,
ranging from mock temples to an
underwater ballroom. The heyday
of the folly was the 18th century,
when the wealthy decided to build
towers, obelisks and sham ruins
on their estates. In Iceland, even
the wealthy of a couple of centu-
ries ago had little money to spare.
Today however, the country’s new
super rich do and perhaps they’ll
use some of it in this spectacular
fashion.
The stone seat was built by the
artist Erla Þórarinsdóttir, with the
help of teenagers from the sum-
mer work school, to commemorate
the millennium. It is one of a series
of sixteen works that use or merge
with nature and some of the others
seem to have disappeared back
into the landscape already.
Maybe it doesn’t really count as
a folly, being a commissioned work
of art, but it certainly qualifies on
the unexpectedness of its situation,
looking as if it were a misplaced
Aztec monument. The seat is tiled
and it makes a comfortable if chilly
perch for a bit of sky-watching.
The Rauðavatn area itself makes
a good walk, with paths and bridle-
ways winding through woods and
lava hills. As well as the stone seat,
the landscape boasts a couple of
other man-made contributions, na-
mely some grass-covered ruins and
a few disused electricity pylons,
which seem to stride across the
landscape towards an unknown
destination, folly-like themselves.
Andrew Clarke
Is This Iceland’s Folly?
Rauðavatn
A play written by French author
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt will be
premiering at the National Theatre
of Iceland on April 18. Entitled
Partners in Crime, the play is di-
rected by Edda Heiðrún Backman
and translated by Kristján Þórður
Hrafnsson. It stars Elva Ósk Ólafs-
dóttir and Hilmir Snær Guðnason
as a couple that has been married
for 15 years and has to start get-
ting to know each other all over
again when the husband suddenly
loses his memory in an accident.
As he doesn’t know who he is any-
more, the husband now has to rely
on his wife to recollect his identity
in an intimate comedy about love,
forgetfulness and our innermost
memories. SJ
The National Theatre of Iceland,
Hverfisgata 19, www.leikhusid.is.
Partners in Crime
The National Theatre of Iceland – April 18 - May 31
Guilt Trip with Ragnar Kjartansson
Gallery i8 – Until April 21
Artist and musician Ragnar Kjar-
tansson, has been known to in-
tertwine visual art with music and
theatre and experiment with all
of the above, usually resulting in
some crazy performing art proj-
ects. This mixture becomes quite
clear when witnessing Kjartansson
perform as a lead singer of the ex-
perimental funky electronic rock
group Trabant.
His solo exhibition at Gallery
i8 is a bit distinct from his former
art projects, featuring multiform
paintings and a new video made
in collaboration with the famous
Icelandic actor Þórallur Sigurðs-
son, better known as Laddi. The
video shows the comedian wan-
dering aimlessly in the wilderness,
alone, holding a rifle and shooting
occasionally in to the air. Entitled
Samviskubit / Guilt Trip, the exhi-
bition will be on display until April
21. SJ
Gallery i8, Klapparstígur 33,
www.i8.is.
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Photographs by Finnish artist Sari
Poijärvi are currently on display in
The Shot, an exhibition space at the
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
supposed to present the highlights
of contemporary photography.
Sari Poijärvi, who has an MA
degree in Art and Design, has held
numerous solo and group exhibi-
tions widely around the world. In
September 2005, she stayed in
Reykjavík and used the time to doc-
ument the city and its surrounding.
Some of these images can be seen
at the exhibition, entitled Memo-
ries. Poijärvi describes her work as
being somewhere between real-
ity and fiction, a combination that
changes and varies in different art
works. Another project of hers,
log:in, is simultaneously presented
at the A/A Photography Gallery on
Hverfisgata. SJ
Reykjavík Museum of Photography,
Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor, www.
ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is
Memories of Sari Poijärvi
Reykjavík Museum of Photography – Until May 9
After cancelling their scheduled
January show in Reykjavík the
Swedish indiepop trio Peter, Bjorn
and John will finally play Nasa on
April 13. Named after its three
members, the band, formed in
2000, released its self-titled debut
in 2002 followed by Falling Out in
2004 and their highly praised lat-
est album, Writer’s Block, last year,
where they for the first time join
forces as songwriters and lead sing-
ers. This edgy and experimental al-
bum has received glowing reviews,
and is, according to many critics,
one of the best pop albums of last
year. PB & J’s perky melodies and
singalong songs have the proper
amount of maraca, harmonica,
bongo drums and of course the
whistle, so fans can expect some
craziness at Nasa. Opening acts
are Pétur Ben and Sprengjuhöllinn.
Price per ticket is 2.700 ISK. SJ
NASA, Thorvaldsenstræti 2,
www.nasa.is.
Peter, Bjorn and John in Concert
NASA – April 13 at 22:00
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