Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.06.2007, Blaðsíða 10

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Wed 13.06 DJ Manny
Thu 14.06 DJ Bjartur
Fri 15.06 DJ B-Ruff
Sat 16.06 Beauty and the Beast
Sirkus
Klapparstígur 30
Playing reggae, country and occasionally
hosting live gigs on weekdays, Sirkus’s
veteran DJs keep the party going till late
on weekends.
Fri 01.06 The first Sirkus Garden Sum-
merparty featuring the opening of the
outdoor flea market and concerts.
Museums & Galleries
101 Gallery
Hverfisgata 18
Thu.-Sat. 14-17 and by appointment
www.101hotel.is/101hotel/101gallery/
Anima Gallery
Ingólfsstræti 8 / Lækjargata 2
Tue.-Sat. 13-17
www.animagalleri.is
Current exhibition:
The Last Spring
Harpa Árnadóttir exhibition at
Ingólfsstræti 8
Artótek
Tryggvagata 15
Mon. 10-21, Tue.-Thu. 10-19, Fri. 11-
19, Sat. and Sun. 13-17
www.sim.is/Index/Islenska/Artotek
ASÍ Art Museum
Freyjugata 41
Tue.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
Current exhibitions:
Of this World
Photographs by Katrín Elvarsdóttir
Stabs
Installations by Hye Joung
Auga fyrir Auga
Hverfisgata 35
Open Thu.-Fri. 15-19, Sat.-Sun. 14-17
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
Current exhibition:
Surtsey - Genesis
The exhibition traces the emergence
and evolution of the island Surtsey
until the present day and predicts
its geographical and ecological
development over the next 120 years.
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
May 13 – Jun 29
Teslatune
Finnbogi Pétursson exhibition
Gallery Fold
Rauðarárstígur 14-16
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 11-16
Sun. 14-16
www.myndlist.is
Sells a large selection of Icelandic and
international art and hosts exhibitions
on a regular basis.
Gallery Sævar Karl
Bankastræti 7
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 10-16
www.saevarkarl.is/
Gallery Turpentine
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
www.turpentine.is
Current exhibition:
Halla Gunnarsdóttir 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
May 5 – Sep 9
Paintings by Ágúst Jónsson
May 12 – Sep 9
Kvenfólk / Women
Erró exhibition
i8 Gallery
Klapparstígur 33
Tue.-Fri. 11-17
Sat. and by appointment 13-17
www.i8.is
May 12 – Jun 23
Spencer Tunick photographic exhibition
Kling & Bang Gallery
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Free Entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
Living Art Museum
Laugavegur 26
Wed., Fri.-Sun. 13-17
Thu. 13-22
www.nylo.is/
May 26 – Jul 8
Bread and Animals
Installation by Anna Sigmond
Guðmundsdóttir
The National Gallery of Iceland
Fríkirkjuvegur
Tue.-Sun. 11-17
Free Entrance
listasafn.is
May 10 – July 8
Cobra Reykjavík
A retrospective presenting the
international abstract artist group
Cobra
The National Museum
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10-17
natmus.is/
Permanent exhibition:
The Making of a Natio
May 5 – Aug 24
As seen by the visitor
Hans Viingard Friis photo exhibition
May 5 – Aug 24
Sent to the countryside
Photo exhibition
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/
Perlan
At Öskjuhlíð
105 Reykjavík
www.perlan.is
Current exhibition:
Monumental Niceness
Sound installation by Margit Säde
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
March 31 – December 31
Folk Tales
An exhibition of works by Icelandic
draughtsmen who took on the task
of illustrating folk tales from the oral
tradition.
April 2 – December 31
The Shape of Life
A new retrospective of the works by
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In tribute of the 10 years since
Jeff Buckley’s passing, Manz
productions and several members
of the Reykjavik music scene will
be holding an hour-and-a-half long
event at the Austurbær Theater. On
May 29, 1997, Buckley drowned in
the wake of a passing tugboat while
he was swimming in a tributary of
the Mississippi river. Since his death,
hundreds of tribute bands have been
assembled worldwide, including one
5 years ago in Reykjavik. Apparently,
the event was so popular that Manz
decided they would do it again this
year in collaboration with several
tribute events in major cities like
Dublin, London and New York.
Unfortunately, the original May 29
event was cancelled due to one
guest singer’s strained voice and
another singer’s developing throat
infection. Those who purchased
tickets were contacted and the event
was rescheduled for Wednesday,
June 13.
The tribute band includes
musicians from local bands such
as Dr. Spock, Ensími and Ampop.
The band itself is around 11 people,
with two main singers and four
guest singers. According to Franz
Gunnarsson, who is putting on the
event, the Reykjavik tribute has the
blessing of Buckley’s mother, who he
met while working at the South by
SouthWest (SXSW) festival in Austin,
Texas. The event also has the seal of
approval from Fun Palace, a company
out of New York that handles all of
the merchandise for Jeff Buckley.
Gunnarsson expects an attendance
of 250-300 people, undoubtedly
indicating the continuity popularity
of Jeff Buckley’s music in Iceland
(Buckley’s Icelandic album sales are
somewhere around 3,000, a high
number for the nation). CF
For more information, visit the
Manz website at www.myspace.
com/manzproduction. Tickets can
be purchased at the box office at
the Austerbær Theater, and on the
web at www.midi.is.
Austurbær Theatre, Snorrabraut
37.
Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert
Austurbær - June 13
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Music
Austurbær
Snorrabraut 37
Wed 13.06 Jeff Buckley tribute concerts
Bar 11
Laugavegur 11
A popular hangout spot for Reykjavík’s
rockers and their young idolaters with DJs
playing classic rock‘n’roll hits.
Fri 01.06 DJ Gulli
Sat 02.06 DJ Óli Dóri
Fri 08.06 Weapons and Atómstöðin in
concert followed by DJ Óli Dóri
Sat 09.06 Wulfgang and Vicky Pollard
followed by DJ Gulli
Fri 15.06 DJ Palli
Sat 16.06 DJ Gulli
Barinn
Laugavegur 22
Vibrant late-night party place and a nice
roomy bistro during the day.
Fri 01.06 Kalli and Gunni Ewok / DJ La-
dycats
Sat 02.06 DJ Kári / DJ Peter Parker
Tue 05.06 DJ’s Steinunn and Silja
Wed 06.06 Soft Rock Party: Bobby Smooth
and Kokomo
Thu 07.06 Breakbeat Night
Fri 08.06 DJ Skeletor / Tweak
Sat 09.06 DJ Barcode / DJ Ernir
Tue 12.06 DJ Muffins
Wed 13.06 DJ Byzby / African music from
22:00
Thu 14.06 Steed Lord presents: Shake
Yo Booty # 1
Fri 15.06 Benni B-Ruff / DJ’s Steinunn
and Silja
Sat 16.06 DJ Yamaho / DJ Ladycats
Café Cultura
Hverfisgata 18
Music from the world’s four corners
Fri 01.06 DJ Böddi
Sat 02.06 DJ Ernir
Thu 07.06 DJ Böddi
Fri 08.06 DJ Örn plays disco
Fri 15.06 DJ Ernir
Sat 16.06 Dj Böddi
Café Hljómalind
Laugavegur 21
Sat 02.06 Ræbbblarock: Bike auction,
vegan food and concerts featuring Gavin
Portland, Deathmetal Supersquad, The
Best Hardcore Band in the World and
Brat Pack. Starts at 19:00 and costs 500
ISK.
Thu 14.06 Dutch troubadour Jessica
Fri 15.06 Snobb fyrir alla concert series:
Dean Ferrell + friends.
Café París
Austurstræti 14
Fri 01.06 DJ Lucky plays soul, funk, reggae
and hip-hop
Sat 02.06 DJ Börkur plays soul, funk, reg-
gae and hip-hop
Fri 08.06 DJ Lucky plays soul, funk, reggae
and hip-hop
Sat 09.06 DJ Börkur plays soul, funk, reg-
gae and hip-hop
Fri 15.06 DJ Lucky plays soul, funk, reggae
and hip-hop
Sat 16.06 DJ Börkur plays soul, funk, reg-
gae and hip-hop
Dillon
Laugavegur 30
Legendary rock pub featuring live con-
certs every Wednesday night and rock
DJs every weekend.
Sat 02.06 Grasrætur + DJ Andrea Jóns
Mon 04.06 Atómstöðin, Peer and Nor-
wegian heavymetal band Quiritatio in
concert
Domo
Þingholtsstræti 5
Thu 07.06 Bláir Skuggar - Sigurður Flo-
sason quartet in concert
Thu 14.06 BonSon in concert
Grand Rokk
Smiðjustígur 6
Fri 08.06 Icelandic Tattoo Festival
Sat 09.06 Icelandic Tattoo Festival
Sun 10.06 Icelandic Tattoo Festival
Gljúfrasteinn / Halldór Laxness
museum
270 Mosfellsbær
Sun 03.06 Tómas R. Einarsson Latino-
trio
Sun 10.06 Singstress Signý Sæmundsdóttir
and pianist Þóra Fríða Sæmundsdóttir
Háskólabíó
At Hagatorg
Sat 02.06 The Icelandic Symphony Or-
chestra: Family concerts
Thu 07.06 The Icelandic Symphony Or-
chestra: Carmen, short version
Hafnarfjörður Old Library
Strandgata 6
Sat 02.06 Bright Days Opening Event:
Art exhibition followed by concerts with
Grasrætur, <3 Svanhvít!, Rökkurró and
Arnljótur + friends. Starts at 17:00
Tue 05.06 Norwegian heavymetal band
Quiritatio in concert. Opening acts: For-
eign Monkeys, Vicky Pollard and Peer
Hellirinn
Hólmaslóð 2
Fri 01.06 Norwegian heavymetal band
Quiritatio in concert accompanied by
Myra, Ask the Slave and Peer
Hressó
Austurstræti 20
Here, troubadours play sing-alongs un-
til midnight, followed by DJs playing
whatever the crowd is aching for at the
time.
Fri 01.06 Tryggi Vilmunar followed by DJ
Andri Ramirez
Sat 02.06 Pub-lic in concerts followed
by Dj Maggi
Thu 07.06 Pub-lic in concert
Fri 08.06 Flat five followed by DJ Maggi
Sat 09.06 Gotti and Eisi followed by DJ
Maggi
Thu 14.06 Garðar trubadour
Fri 15.06 DJ Maggi
Sat 16.06 Flat Five followed by DJ Bjarni
Iðnó
Vonarstræti 2
Tue 05.06 Morr Music Night: Benni Hemm
Hemm, Seabear, Tarwater, Isan and The
Go Find
Kaffibarinn
Bergstaðastræti 1
With a mixture of techno, reggae, hip-
hop and classic dance hits, the DJs are
usually capable of crowding this frisky bar
every single night of the week.
Sat 02.06 DJ Maggi Legó
Fri 08.06 DJ CasaNova
Fri 15.06 DJ Jack Schidt
Laugardalshöllin
Engjavegur 8
Fri 01.06 Beatles tribute show: The Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra together with
Jón Ólafsson rockband and a group of
singers, including Egill Ólafsson, Stefán
Hilmarsson, Björgvin Halldórsson, Páll
Rósinkranz, Sigurjón Brink and KK will
perform the masterpiece Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band
Nasa
Thorvaldsenstræti 2
Fri 01.06 90s party with DJ Kiki-Ow and
Curver
Sat 09.06 S.S.Sól in concert
Sat 16.06 Flex Music party: Desyn Ma-
siello
National Theatre Basement
Hverfisgata 19
Fri 01.06 Concerts organized by the the-
atre group Hugleikur, featuring songs
from their past shows. Starts at 22:30.
Prikið
Bankastræti 12
Fri 01.06 House DJ
Sat 02.06 Ladycats
Thu 07.06 House DJ
Fri 08.06 DJ Kári
Sat 09.06 Gulli Ósóma
Q-bar
Ingólfsstræti 3
Stylish and vibrant gay / straight-friendly
bar and party venue. Cosy on weekdays
and full of surprises on weekends.
Fri 01.06 DJ Dive de la Rosa
Sat 02.06 Q-Bar’s first annual Speedo
Night featuring Groovebox DJ set
Wed 06.06 DJ Baldur
Thu 07.06 DJ Anna Brá
Fri 08.06 DJ Maggi Legó
Sat 09.06 DJ Yamaho
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Iceland’s multicultural society will be
on show again at this year’s Festival
of Nations in Hafnarfjörður on June
2. The festival, which is in its second
year, is organised by The Intercultural
Centre and members of the immi-
grant community and aims to present
the culture and traditions of the forty
countries that will be represented.
The festival will be held at the Sports
Centre on Strandgata in Hafnarf-
jörður from 12:00-18:00 and will
consist of booths offering national
dishes and displaying traditional co-
stumes, as well as books, brochures
and audio and visual presentations.
Traditional songs and dances will
be performed on stage and food
from the participating countries will
be judged by master chef and TV
personality Siggi Hall.
Organiser Kolfinna Baldvinsdóttir
says the idea behind the festival was
to give Icelanders and immigrants an
opportunity to interact and a chan-
ce for immigrants to introduce the
countries they come from.
“ The dialogue on immigration la-
tely has been quite negative, so the
greater purpose is to lead Icelanders,
to introduce them to the wonderful
multicultural society we live in,” Bal-
dvinsdóttir said of the festival which
attracted over 10,000 visitors last
year. “Foreigners in Iceland are in-
creasing. There are only 20-30,000
foreigners but 132 nationalities – it’s
like [Iceland is] a world of its own,”
she added.
Following the festival, the second
annual Cantare multi-lingual song
contest will take place at the Haf-
narfjörður Theatre located behind
the Viking Village on Strandgata.
Participants will perform songs in
different languages. A last minute
change to last year’s rules means that
entrants can now sing in their mo-
ther tongue – but still not in English.
Páll Oskar will judge the contest and
Bryndís Schram will take part in the
event which starts at 20:00. ZR
Both events are part of the Bright
Days arts and cultural festival in Haf-
narfjörður which runs from May 32
– June 10 and admission is free.
For more information see www.
ahus.is
Festival of Nations in Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður – June 2
After learning an impressive variety of
photographic techniques and styles,
the 16 graduating students from the
one-year photography school Sissa
are exhibiting their finals projects.
As an accumulation of their educa-
tion at the artistically ambitious and
rigorous school, the students were
given a month and a half to com-
pose and present a themed series
of photographs in the style of their
choice. Final projects range from the
usual landscape studies, fashion pho-
tography and portraits, to poignant
compositions of an anorexic woman
with her diary entries written onto
the photographs. One student has
chosen to exhibit his photo essay of a
10-year-old cancer patient undergo-
ing chemotherapy.
Sissa claims that though they
were not required to present a large
portfolio, many students were very
active this year and chose to show as
many as 20 photographs. The exhi-
bition will be open every day from
14:00-19:00.
Sissa School of Photography,
Hólmaslóð 6, 107 Reykjavík.
Students’ Photography Exhibition
Sissa School of Photography – May 26 - June 3
The Icelandic Tattoo Festival
Grand Rokk – June 8 - 10
The now annual Icelandic Tattoo Fes-
tival will be held for the second time
during the weekend June 8 to 10. This
time, the festival will take place at Grand
Rokk and features international award-
winning tattoo-artists Santana, JJ & GP,
Jason June & Cheryl “The Devil”, Cline
& Jason Thompson, Bosco, Erin Lambert
and Crowbar. The local contribution in-
cludes Fjölnir, Jón Páll, Búri, Sverrir, Jón
Þór and Vincent.
Everyone can stop by and see some
of the best artists in action and perhaps
decorate your body in the meantime.
During the same weekend, rock-pub
Bar 11, (which is organising the event)
presents a packed rock’n’roll programme.
Friday will see Weapons and Átómsstöðin
in concert and on Saturday, Wolfgang
and Vicky Pollord will play to the tattooed
crowd.
Grand Rokk, Smiðjustígur 6, www.mys-
pace.com/icelandictattoofestival
DJ Kiki-Ow and Curver bring you
their favourite 90s music for a
sweaty party at NASA on June 1.
Expect to hear Mr. Boombastic,
Groove is in the Heart, Pump up the
Jam, Everybody Dance Now as well
as a bunch of danceable hit singles.
A special guest of the night is DJ
Wayne Paul from the UK who will
play some old-school 90s rave by
the end of the night.
The two past 90s parties at
NASA were sold-out hits, so if
you’re into the whole combo of
hiphop/pop/eurodance mix, neon
coloured jackets, smoke machines
and a frisky crowd cheering to Ski-
Bi dibby dib yo da dub dub and
dancing the Macarena, you better
get a ticket as soon as possible.
The party starts at midnight and
tickets are for sale at nasa.is and
the second hand shop Spúútnik on
Laugavegur where buyers will get
a 20% discount on 90s clothes to
dress up for the party. Don’t forget
your glowsticks!
NASA, Thorvaldsenstræti 2,
101 Reykjavík, www.nasa.is
90s Summer Party at NASA
NASA – June 1
Artist Anna Sigmond Guðmunds-
dóttir opened her exhibition inside
the living art museum Nylo on May
26. Anna, who lives in Norway, is
half-Icelandic but this is her first
exhibition here. Her installations
are internationally renowned. For
example, she participated in the
Manifesta 4 project which took
place in Frankfurt in 2002.
Entitled Bread and Animals, An-
na’s installation inside Nylo’s spa-
cious and raw exhibition space is
sort of like a giant painting, cover-
ing the walls and floors of the mu-
seum. Visitors can view drawings
taken from newspapers and ency-
clopaedias, cuttings from children’s
books and comic books as well as
words and sentences sprayed all
over the space in the form of graf-
fiti. This mix creates a large picture
that the viewer virtually walks into
and from there can try to under-
stand, or misunderstand, all the
small pieces in the large puzzle.
The exhibition is open until July 8.
Nylo, Laugavegur 26, 101 Reykja-
vík, www.nylo.is
Bread and Animals at Nylo
Nylo – May 26 - July 8
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