Reykjavík Grapevine - 15.08.2008, Blaðsíða 61

13:40 – 13:55 Danish fashion show for
children. Óðinstorg by Óðinsgata.
13:45 Art lottery For the first time; free
art lottery. All guests get a lottery ticket.
Winners announced every 30 minutes, 17
times total. Art of all types and shapes go
to winners. Gallerí Fold, Rauðarárstíg 14.
13.50 Playing with Art Sigrjón Daða-
son plays the clarinet and Kristján Karl
Bragason plays the piano. Gallery Fold,
Rauðarárstíg
14:00 – 18:00 Danish waffles at the
Nordic Association. Óðinsgata 7.
14.00 – 18.00 Art Tour Aðalsteinn Ingólf-
sson, art historian, offers a guided tour
of the art work belonging to Landsbanki
Íslands, every hour on the hour. Program
for children outside. Landsbanki Íslands,
Austurstræti.

14:00 Squares of the Past – Squares of
the Future Cultural Companion Birna of-
fers a guided tour of Reykjavík’s squares.
The tour starts on Skólavörðuholt, by the
statue of Leif Eiriksson and extended
to surrounding squares, both past and
present. The tour is available in English.
Skólavörðuholt.
14:00 Vatnslistaverk á Skóla-
vörðuholti.
Visual artist Óskar Ericsson and painter
Þórhallur Sigurðsson create waterart from
washing machines. Skólavörðuholt.
14:00 Fire and Form in the Red Night
Graphic and potter art by Halla Ásgeirs-
dóttir and Aðalheiður Ólöf Skarphéðins-
dóttir. Listhúsi Ófeigs, Skólavörðustíg.
14:00-14:20 The band Reimar plays
modern music. Reimar is five piece that
will do everything in their power to enrich
the musical atmosphere in Reykjavík on
Culture Night. They play Eastern-European
music with a dash of jazz, hip-hop and
modern music. Hitt húsið, Pósthússtræti
3-5.
14:00 and 18:00 Salsasquare. The band
Los Corcovados plays salsa behind the
Restaurant Tapas barinn, Vesturgötu 3.
14:00 – 22:30 Time to Live and Enjoy –
Special Guest Program By Reykjanesbær
Municipal in Reykjavík City Hall. Grímur’s
Boats: Selected examples from the fleet
of Grímur Karlsson, former seaman and
captain from Njarðvík. Grímur has pas-
sionately built of 200 models of Icelandic
boats from 1860 to present. Reykjavík City
Hall.
14:00 – 22:00 Viewpoint. Sub Rosa’s
Una Björk Sigurðardóttir and Saga
Ásgeirsdóttir open an exhibition of video
works about immigrants in Iceland. The
work is based on their informal research
about the reality of immigrants, what are
their views, hopes and dreams? The exhi-
bition is open until September 7.
14:00 – 15:00 The Story Chair. María
Pálsdóttir from Iceland, Kristín Vihjálms-
dóttir from Denmark, Maria Helena Sara-
bia from Columbia, Magdelena Mejia from
The Dominican Republic and Salmann
Tamimi from Palestine tell stories from their
10:00 11:00 13:00
10:00 – 18:00 Shape of the Line and
Water Carrier Opening of the exhibition
Water Carrier, where 11 artist exhibit 60
water colour paintings. The artists will be
present on Culture Night and talk with
guests. Curated by Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson.
Reykjavík Art Musuem - Ásmundarsafn by
Sigtún
10:00 – 23:00 Extensive program for
all ages in Reykjavík Art Museum – Haf-
narhús. Art quiz, rock and horn music.
The current exhibiton The Experimental
Marathon, the most extensive event the
Reykjavík Art Museum has hosted, featur-
ing more than 40 world renowned artists
and scientists. The exhibition is curated
by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Ólafur Elíasson.
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús by
Tryggvagata
10:00-23:00 Pancakes and photograhy;
music and flowers. Kaffi Loki, Lokastíg 28.
10:00 - 23:00 Current exhibtions in
Kjarvalsstaðir: Dreams of the Sublime and
Nowhere in Contemporary Icelandic Art,
I Hate Nature / ‘Aluminati’, Jóhannes S.
Kjarval – the museum’s collection, and
Where Am I? Reykjavík Art Musuem –
Kjarvalsstaðir, Flókagata.
11:00 – 24:00 Black Art Giant wood-
cuts hand printed on Japanese paper
by graphic artist Magdalena Margrét
Kjartansdóttir, exhibited in the window of
START ART. Storefront window, START
ART, Laugvegi 12 b.
11:00 – 23:00 Glætan’s Swap Your
Handbag Day Bring your used handbag
and swap it for someone else’s used
handbag. If you don’t have a handbag to
swap, you can buy any of the handbags
there for 500 ISK. The proceeds will go to
ABC Children’s Aid. Glætan Book Café,
Aðalstræti 9.
11:00 – 23:00 The Culture of India and
Kenya
Introduction of Indian and Kenyan culture
by The Friends of India and The Friends of
Kenya. Traditional food, small merchandise
and Bollywood shows all day long. Múltí
Kúltí, Ingólfsstræti 8.
11:00 – 24:00 Photography Exhibiton
in Hljómskálagarðurinn Park Klængur
Gunnarsson has lead a group of mentally
challenged people that has worked in
Hljómskálagarðurinn Park this summer.
The camera was always near by and the
results will be displayed in the park on
Culture Night. Hljómskálagarðurinn, við
Hljómskálann.
11:00 – 24:00 Giant Kite on Arnarhóll.
11:00-22:30 - Dog Day Celebration
The last day of the Dog Days is today. The
day’s program will be dedicated to dogs.
The program is hosted in cooperation with
Gljúfrasteinn, the House of Halldór Lax-
ness. Dog Missing: Is our Culture being
Thrown to the Dogs? Recycled music in an
inventive and funny manner at 20:00 and
21:30. The Culture House, Hverfisgötu 15.
11:00 – 23:00 Welcome to Listaselið.
Everybody that visits Listaselið during
Culture Night get a lottery ticket. Coffee
and chocolates.
Listaselið, Skólavörðustíg 17b
11:30 The Mayor of Reykjavik officially
starts the Reykjavik Glitnir Marathon.
Lækjargata.
12:00 -23:00 Exhibition of textile sculp-
tures by Íris Eggertsdóttir and refresh-
ments from Tíu Dropar. Verslunin KVK,
Laugavegur 58a
13:00 Formal opening of Reykjavík
Culture Night at Óðinstorg, - The
Mayor of Reykjavík opens Culture Night
- Þórarinn Eldjárn, Reykjavík’s resident
artist, performs a poem for Culture Night -
Sölva Ford performs a few songs
13:00 - 22:00 Norrebro pa Odinstorg
World music, sound sculptures, bicycle
store, shops and Danish artists. Photo
exhibitions of Danish subjects from Nor-
dicPhotos, Smörrebröd from Brauðbær,
Danish music, beer and water.
Day at Ó Restaurant: Danish smörrebröd
Night at Ó Restaurant: 5 course menu
inspired by the Nordic region.
Reservations at 5116677
13:00 Lazy Town’s children’s race
in association with the Reykjavik Glitnir
Marathon. Háskóli Íslands.
13:00 - 17:00 Have you been to Far-
awayistan? An open invitation to exotic
locations in Farawayistan where you can
learn about the life of women in the devel-
oping world where Icelandic women have
been working with UNIFEM. Open house
at UNIFEM Iceand on Culture Night. Photo
exhibition, stories and music from Far-
awayistan. Guests will have an opportunity
to learn about the work UNIFEM does
around the world. Centre for the United
Nations, Laugavegur 42, 2. floor.
Hangmats on Miklatún Tired guests
of Culture Night can lie down to rest in
hangmats by María Sjöfn, south of Kjar-
valsstaðir. Miklatún.
13:00 – 22:00 World Square – Heim-
storgið – Plaza del Mondo – Platz der
Welt – Verdenstorvet … Borgarbókasafn,
Tryggvagata 15.
13:00 – 22:00 Book café on the 1. floor
of Reykjavík City Library, Tryggvagata
15, books and magazines in different
languages to read, free coffee from Café
D’Haiti, make your own poems, open mice
and various acts and events until 10 p.m.
Borgarbókasafn, Tryggvagata 15.
13:00 – 22:00 Photo exhibition on Reyk-
javík square. Artist, musician and writer
Wolfgang Müller first came to Iceland in
1990 as a member of the experimen-
tal band Die Tödliche Doris. He was a
frequent visitor here from 1990 – 95 and
made Iceland the subject of his art. The
exhibition comes from Schwules Museum
in Berlín. Borgarbókasafn, Tryggvagata 15.

13:00 -17:00 Saviours of the Sea. For-
mer crewmembers of the Coast Guard’s
search and Rescue vessel Óðinn welcome
people aboard and share stories of life
aboard a search and rescue vessel. Víkin –
Sjóminjasafnið í Reykjavík, Grandagarður 8.
13:00 – 15:00 Memory Book 30 year
graduation party. The H-class that gradu-
ated from Icelandic School of Performing
Acts in 1978 opens its memory book.
Kraum, Aðaðstræti 10.
13:00 – 24:00 Statues wearing Hats
Reykjavík has a lot of interesting statues
of interesting people, mostly influential
people from the past. As dignified as
these statues look, they are all lacking an
essential piece of clothing the people they
are based on would never have left home
without: A hat. Helga Rún Pálsdóttur,
costume designer will rectify the situation
and add hats to six statues around town,
symbolic for the people represented and
the times they lived in. Jón Sigurðsson
on Austurvöllur, Skúli fógeti in Fógeta-
garðurinn Park by Aðalstræti, Ólafur Thors
by Tjarnargata, Jónas Hallgrímsson in
Hljómskálagarðurinn, Hannes Hafstein
and King Christian IX in front of Stjórnar-
ráð Íslands will all wear hats to celebrate
Culture Night.
13:00–15:00 On Contemporary Poetry
Birna Bjarnadóttir and Ármann Jakobsson
lead a discussion between poets partici-
pating in Nyhil’s fourth International Poetry
Festival. The conference will be conducted
in two 40-minute sessions. Participat-
ing poets are: Morten Søkilde, Ida Börjel,
Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl,
Nina Søs Vinther, Ann Cotten, Haukur
Már Helgason og Sureyyya Evren. Nordic
House, Sturlugata 5, 101 Reykjavík.
13:00 – 17:00 Living Library The goal
of Living Library is to fight prejudice in our
society. The library works just like a regular
library, except that the books are people.
The books are usually representatives of
many different groups in society who often
are met with prejudice, are subjects of
inequality and/or social isolation. A living
library is meant to create a situation that
allows spectators/readers to put their own
prejudice and ideas about stereotypes into
perspective. Austurvöllur

13:00 - 22:00 Date With the Past
Do you want a Polaroid photo of you and
your loved ones in old costumes? The
Reykjavík Museum of Photography in
cooperation with the costume department
of the Reykjavík Theatre and the antique
store Fríða Frænka offers you a chance to
dress up and re-enact the past.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Tryg-
gvagata 15, 6. floor.
13:00 Three Exhibitions Openings
Exhibition of the works of Karl Kvaran from
the private collection of Bragi Guðlaugs-
son. Exhibition of 2D and 3D works by Lína
Rut. Exhibition of works by French artist
Anne Pesce. Her works are unobjective
landscape pieces made with a mixed tech-
niques. Gallery Fold, Rauðarárstígur 14
13.15 Children Workshop. An hour long
seminar in creating art for children under
12, brought to you by Gallery Fold Gallery
Fold, Rauðarárstíg 14.
13:30 Guided Walk in Örfirisey. Sigrún
Magnúsdóttir, director of the Maritime
Musuem offers a guided walk along
Örfirisey. Bus trips from Aflagrandi youth
centre. Alternatively, join the group by
HB-Grandi on the north-pier in Örfirisey.
HB-Grandi Norðurgarði.
13:30 – 13:40 Opening speech by
Ernst Hemmingsen Consul of the Danish
Embassy.
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