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Wanwood
Reliefs, floor pieces and vertical
structures by Hannes Lárusson,
Guðjón Ketilsson, and Helgi Hjaltalín.
Part of Reykjavík Art Festival.
Vatnasafn / Library of Water
Bókhlöðustígur 17, 340 Stykkishólmur
www.libraryofwater.is
Open daily from 11–17.
Permanent exhibition:
Roni Horn installation. She has replaced
stacks of books with glass columns
containing water gathered from
Iceland’s glaciers and glacial rivers.
Jónas Viðar Gallery
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Fri.–Sat. 13–18
www.jvs.is/jvgallery.htm
Akureyri Art Museum
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Tue.–Sun. 12–17
www.listasafn.akureyri.is
May 17–June 29
Facing China
Paintings and sculptures by nine
prominent contemporary Chinese
artists. Part of Reykjavík Art Festival.
DaLí Gallery
Brekkugata 9, Akureyri
Mon.–Sat. 14–18
www.daligallery.blogspot.com
GalleriBOX
Kaupvangstræti 10, Akureyri
www.galleribox.blogspot.com
Kunstraum Wohnraum
(Home gallery)
Ásabyggð 2, akureyri
Open by appointment. Tel.: 462 3744
Mar 16 – Jun 22
Ragnar Kjartansson exhibition
Safnasafnið / Icelandic Folk Art
Museum
Svalbarðsströnd, 601 Akureyri
Open 9–18
www.safnasafnid.is
May 17–July 8
Branch Collection
Exhibition by Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir,
Bjarki Bragason and Anna Líndal. Part
of Reykjavík Art Museum.
Eiðar – Art Centre
Fljótsdalshérað
May 17–July 1
Journey
Works by visual artists Hrafnkell
Sigurðsson and Lennart Alvés. Part of
Reykjavík Art Festival.
Sláturhúsið – Culture Centre
Fljótsdalshérað
Kaupvangur, 700 Egilsstaðir
Open Mon to Fri 14– 18, Sat and Sun
14–16
www.slaturhusid.is
May 17–May 27
Works by visual artists Paul Harfleet.
Part of Reykjavík Art Festival.
Skaftfell
Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður
www.skaftfell.is
May 17
Journey
A collaboration between 3 art centres,
realised especially for the Reykjavík
Art Festival.
Films
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Smárabíó, Háskólabíó, Sambíóin
Selfoss
Brúðguminn
Háskólabíó, Regnboginn
Bubbi Byggir í Villta Vestrinu
(Bob the Builder: Built to be Wild)
Smárabíó, Laugarásbíó, Borgarbíó,
Sambíóin Keflavík, Sambíóin Selfoss
Definitely, Maybe
Laugarásbíó
Drillbit Taylor
Sambíóin Álfabakki, Sambíóin Keflavík,
Sambíóin Akureyri
Fool’s Gold
Sambíóin Álfabakki
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sambíóin Álfabakki, Laugarásbíó, Reg-
nboginn, Borgarbíó, Sambíóin Selfoss
Horton (Hears a Who!)
Smárabíó, Háskólabíó, Sambíóin
Selfoss
In the Valley of Elah
Sambíóin Álfabakki
Iron Man
Smárabíó, Sambíóin Álfabakki, Sam-
bíóin Kringlan, Laugarásbíó, Sambíóin
Keflavík, Sambíóin Akureyri, Sambíóin
Selfoss
Made of Honor
Smárabíó, Sambíóin Álfabakki,
Háskólabíó, Regnboginn, Borgarbíó
Over her Dead Body
Sambíóin Kringlan, Sambíóin Keflavík,
Sambíóin Akureyri
P2
Sambíóin Kringlan, Sambíóin Keflavík,
Sambíóin Akureyri
Shine a Light
Sambíóin Álfabakki
Stóra Planið
Sambíóin Kringlan
Street Kings
Smárabíó, Háskólabíó, Borgarbíó,
Sambíóin Keflavík
B6 | Reykjavík Grapevine | Issue 05 2008 | Listings
Indoor Inselhopping
Music
On May 19, the collaboration between
musician/performance artists Egill
Sæbjörnsson and percussion ensemble
Percusemble Berlin will come into light
at the Reykjavík Art Museum. Last year,
the ensemble commissioned new piec-
es from Icelandic, German and Irish
composers with the idea to create an
environment that might re-define the
traditional framework of a concert and
bring something new to the audience.
The programme, entitled ‘Inselhop-
ping’ consists of works by these com-
posers, but Sæbjörnsson’s involvement
will be to sculpture the environment in
which the performance takes place, as
well as create a corresponding chore-
ography for the performers. The event
is part of Reykjavík Art Festival. Tickets
at www.midi.is
May 19
Reykjavík Art Museum, Tryggvagata 17
BOSTON
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