Reykjavík Grapevine - 08.02.2008, Síða 26

19.00 The opening of Museum Night
–Peace and Multiculture
Ingólfstorg.
National Museum of Iceland
–Haunted Night at the National
Museum
–19.30 & 20.30 Ghosts and Wights. Ghost
stories and stories of supernatural beings for
children
–19.00 - 20.30 Bones and Ancient Burial
Grounds. Archaeologist Guðmundur Ólafs-
son educates guests about bones and ancient
burial grounds.
–21.00, 22.00 & 23.00 Chilling Ghost Stories.
Actor Atli Rafn Sigurðsson tells frightening ghost
stories and educates guests about the different
types of ghosts, how to wake the dead
and exorcise ghosts.
–19.00 - 01.00 Slideshow. Dangerous knowl-
edge of ghosts and the supernatural.
–19.00 - 01.00 Orienteering: Where are the
bones? and Who is the ghost?
–19.00 - 01.00 Ghost illustration competition.
Best entries awarded .
Suðurgata 41.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Hringbraut at
00 – 20 – 40 (minutes past the hour)
The Icelandic Institute of Natural History
–You are the light of my life
A programme dedicated to photosynthesis and
how the origin of life is related to light.
–19.30 & 21.30 Nature Runs on Solar Power.
Lecture by Gróa Valgerður Ingimundardóttir,
biologist at the Institute of Natural History.
Life Turned on in Surtsey. Lecture by Borgþór
Magnússon, ecologist at the Institute of Natural
History. Möguleikhúsið við Hlemm
–19.00 - 01.00 Exhibition rooms will be open
and a running slideshow is on display between
lectures.
Möguleikhúsið, Hlemmur 3.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Hlemmur at 05
– 25 – 45 (minutes past the hour)
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
–Flickr era: Digital Horizons
Exhibition of photos from Icelandic photogra-
phers on the flickr.com photo community
–19.00 - 01.00 How to Make Your Own Flickr-
site. Photographers assist guests in establish-
ing their own photography sites on flickr.com.
Bring your photos on CD or USB memory.
–21.00 Vicky Pollard. Promising young band
Vicky Pollard plays a few songs in the 6th floor
exhibition room. Photos of the band can be
found on the Flickr era exhibition under the tag
“music.”
–00.00 Performance Art. Premier of new
material from a new tag of the exhibition.
–19.00 - 1.00 Skotið: Kristín Hauksdóttir -
Greni / Tannenbaum
Photo exhibition.
Grófarhús, 6th floor.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Tryggvagata
17 at 14 – 34 – 54 (minutes past the hour)
National Gallery of Iceland
19.00 - 01.00 Let Me Tell You a Story –
Awakening. Stories from Reykjavík – leisure in
the city. Guests reminisce about memorable art
events in Reykjavík. Tapes from the Centre for
Oral History.
–19.30 - 01.00 The Long and Narrow Light. A
new look at Katrín Sigurðardóttir’s High Planes
VI.
–20.15 - 21.00 Panel Discussion. Icelandic art
magazines and art discussion with a focus on
conflict in Icelandic arts. Artíma, society of art
students at the University of Iceland, introduces
the art magazine Artímarit and Anna Júlía
Friðbergsdóttir and Karlotta Blöndal introduce
the art magazine Sjónauki. Auditorium 4.
–21.00 - 21.40 How Icelandic is Icelan-
dic Culture? A lecture on art and aesthetic
discussion from 1930-40 by historian Benedikt
Hjartarson.
–23.00 - 23.30 Colours and Light. Guided
tour of an exhibition of works from the collection
of Markús Ívarsson.
–00.00 - 00.30 Light and Movement in the
Works of Kristján Davíðsson
Guided tour with Halldór Björn Runólfsson,
musuem director.
National Gallery of Iceland,
Fríkirkjuvegur 7.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Fríkirkjuvegur
7, at 06 – 26 – 46 (minutes past the hour)
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
–19.00 - 19.30 Museum opens. Sailor songs.
–19.30 - 21.30 A fish in the sea. Count the
fish, a game for children.
–21.30 Wine tasting.
–22.00 - 00.00 Dancing on the docks.
Marínó’s Band keeps the party going with ac-
cordion music.
–00.00 Light Dance. Sailor songs.
Grandagarður 8.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Grandi at 01 –
21 – 41 (minutes past the hour)
The Settlement Exhibition Reykjavík 871±2
–19:00 - 01:00 An awsome walrus on display.
–21:00, 22:00 & 23: 00 The walrus in Reyk-
javík. Lecture about the history of the walrus in
Reykjavík.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2, Aðalstræti 16.
SÍM – The Association of Icelandic
Visual Artists
New exhibition series, SÍM member of the
month, introduced at the SÍM house. The
premiering artist is Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir. The
opening starts at 19.00 but a surprise event
takes place at 23.00.
Hafnarstræti 16.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Tryggvagata
17 at 14 – 34 – 54 (minutes past the hour)
Museum of Icelandic Printmakers
Association
Artists of the year for the Icelandic Printmakers
Association are: Einar Hákonarson, Ragnheiður
Jónsdóttir and Georg Guðni.
Tryggvagata 17.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Tryggvagata
17 at 14 – 34 – 54 (minutes past the hour)
The Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús
–19.00 - 22.00 The Golden Plover has Ar-
rived – Steingrímur Eyfjörð. Workshop and a
guided tour for children of all ages.
–20.00 - 23.00 Behind the Scenes – the
Holiest of the Holy. Guided tours through
the museum’s storage facilities. Tours start at
20.00, 20.30, 21.00, 21.30, 22.00, and 22.30.
The maximum number of participants per tour
is ten.
–21.00 ERRÓ – Ghost Rider. Superhero
guidance through an exhibition of Erró’s work.
–22.00 Silence – Silence Broken
Curator JBK Ransú gives a guided tour with
participating artists who discuss their works on
display.
–22.30 D7 - Ingirafn Jóhannsson
Curator Fee Quay gives a guided tour and talks
with the artists.
–23.00 - 01.00 DJ de la Rosa
–00.00 Dancers in light costumes.
Hafnarhús, Tryggvagata 15. Open from 19.00
- 01.00.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Tryggvagata
17 at 14 – 34 – 54 (minutes past the hour)
The Reykjavík Municipal Archives
–19.30, 20.30, 21.30 & 22.30 Breiðavík
A documentary by Ásgeir Long on the Breiðavík
youth home from 1963.
–19.00 - 01.00 Documents related to the
Breiðavík youth home on display.
–19.00 - 01.00 Exhibition about the houses at
Laugavegur 4 and 6.
–20.00 The Health Benefits of Sex
Jóna Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, nurse and sexologist,
lectures on the health benefits of sex for body
and spirit and increased life expectancy.
–21.00 Rauðarárholt – A village in the Land
of Reykjavík. Ómar Ragnarsson talks about the
houses and people of Rauðarárholt.
–22.00 Body Language. Arna Björk Gunnars-
dóttir, instructor from JCI explains how to read
body language.
–23.00 Icelandic Serial Killer and the Agents
of the EU. A lecture by Ólafur Ásgeirsson, state
archivist and historian.
–00.00 Slam Poetry. BlazRoca gives guests a
taste of rap and slam poetry.
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 3rd floor.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Tryggvagata
17 at 01 – 21 – 41 (minutes past the hour)
Borgarbókasafn
–20.00 Breaking Light. Grand opening of a
group exhibition in Artotek. Author Kristín Marja
Baldursdóttir selected the works and opens the
exhibition with a short talk.
–20.30 - 01.00 Chaos on Canvas. Author
Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir takes the brush for
her fictional character, Karítas Jónsdóttir. She
will start a painting that guests will conclude. All
equipment will be at hand. The painting will be a
part of the exhibition Breaking Light, open until
March 9.
–20.00 - 23.00 Light and Colours. Workshops
teaching different handicraft.
–22.00 The Winning Slam. The winners from
the Slam Poetry 2008 competition perform.
–23.45 - 00.30 Midnight Swing. Stefán
S. Stefánsson’s Quartet and singer Íris
Guðmundsdóttir perform melodic and dance-
friendly jazz music.
Aðalsafn, Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Tryggvagata
17 at 14 – 34 – 54 (minutes past the hour)
The Saga Museum
Guests will join Vikings in full armour and watch
them work on ancient handicraft.
The Saga Museum at The Pearl.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Öskjuhlíð at 18
– 38 – 58 (minutes past the hour)
The Einar Jónsson Gallery
–19.00 - 23.00 Searching for Sounds in the
Halls of the House. Sound installation by Björk
Viggósdóttir og Klara Þórhallsdóttir.
–23.30 - 00.30 Pedal Powered Breaths. Kira
Kira plays original works on the organ in the
tower.
The Einar Jónsson Gallery, Njarðargata.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Eiríksgata at
08 – 28 – 48 (minutes past the hour)
Reykjavík Art Museum – Ásmundarsafn
–19.00 - 21.00 Workshops for children –
Working with clay. Sigríður Ólafsdóttir shows
children how to work with clay in the manner of
Ásmundur Sveinsson.
–20.00 Ásmundarsafn has been an important
architectural landmark since Ásmundur Sveins-
son built the museum in 1942. The artist’s
daughter, Ásdís Ásmundsdóttir, gives a guided
tour of the house and reminisces about growing
up there.
–22.00 The Architecture of Ásmundarsafn.
Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir, Head of the Depart-
ment of Architecture at the Reykjavík Museum
of Art, talks about the architecture of Ásmun-
darsafn museum.
–23.00 Animated light-display in the garden
and inside the museum.
–00.00 Dancers in light costumes.
Ásmundarsafn on Sigtún.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Sigtún at 14 –
34 – 54 (minutes past the hour)
Árbæjarsafn
–Diverse concert programme
–21.00 Gerður Bolladóttir, soprano, and So-
phie Schoonjans, harp, perform Icelandic folk
songs from the Fagurt er í Fjörðum CD.
–22.00 Guðmundur Pálsson, violin, and Stein-
grímur Þórhallsson, piano.
–23.00 Pamela De Sensi, flute, and Rúnar
Þórisson, guitar, play South-American dance-
songs. Dancers in light costumes appear.
Kistuhylur 4.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Kistuhylur at
10 – 30 – 50 (minutes past the hour)
Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir
–19.30 & 20.30 Kjarval for Kids. The young-
est guests contemplate the work of Jóhannes
Kjarval and discuss their questions with Alma
Dís Kristinsdóttir.
–21:00 Faroese folk music.
–21.30 Mikines – Guided Tour
Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson, curator, educates guests
about the work of the Faroese artist Mikines.
–22.30 Light Music. Singer Sigríðar Thor-
lacius, pianist Steingrímur Karl Teague and
contra bass player Andri Ólafsson.
–00.00 Dancers in light costumes.
Kjarvalstaðir, Flókagata.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Flókagata at
13 – 33 – 53 (minutes past the hour)
Nordic House
–21.00, 22.00 & 23.00 Baroque Music in the
Nordic House Auditorium
Battista Bvonamente: Qvarto Libro de varie
sonate; Auanti il Quarto Brando, Gagliarde, Cor-
rente for two violins and Basso di Viola
Performers: Martin Frewer, Lilja Hjaltadóttir and
Dean Ferrell with dancers from The Icelandic
Ballet School, directed by Ingibjörg Björnsdóttir.
–19.00 - 01.00 Graffiti Art in the Nordic
House Exhibition Room. Art from the concrete
jungle. Sculptures, photographs, installations
and music from the edge. In cooperation with
grassroots group TFA and hiphop.is.
–19.00 - 01.00 Photography exhibition. Re-
bekka Guðleifsdóttir exhibits photographs
–00.00 Dancers in light costumes.
Nordic House, Sturlugata 5.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Nordic House
at 04 – 24 – 44 (minutes past the hour)
The Culture House
–19.00 - 01.00 Free admission to exhibitions
at the Culture House: Surtsey – Genesis; The
Medieval Manuscripts – Eddas and Sagas;
Journey’s End – poet and natural scientist Jó-
nas Hallgrímsson (1807-1845); From Beyond the
Oceans – translations and original writings by
Helgi Hálfdanarson; and the nature film ‘Nation
and Nature’ by filmmaker Páll Steingrímsson.
The Culture House, Hverfisgata 15.
The Museum Night Bus stops at Hverfisgata/
Smiðjustígur at 10 – 30 – 50 (minutes past the
hour)
Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival 2008
Museum Night 2008 Friday, February 8