Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.10.2008, Page 33

B5 | The Reykjavík Grapevine | Issue 16 2008
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Last year, Yoko Ono visited Viðey Island
on November 9 to light the Imagine
Peace Tower, a project that started in
2006 to commemorate John Lennon.
She returned this year to relight the
tower and rekindle the sprit for which it
was created.
The beacon of light will shine on
from Lennon´s birthday, October 9th,
until the anniversary of his death on
December 8th. The tower emits a
20-metre high beam of white light that
can be seen across Reykjavik with the
hopes that it will remind us of her late
husband and his vision of peace.
The light is projected from a white stone
well carved with the words “imagine
peace” in twenty-four languages.
Buried beneath the tree are hundreds
of thousand of written wishes from all
over the world.
The light can be reached by ferry to
Viðey Island from Reykjavik’s Skarfa-
bakki pier, which depart every day at
20:00.
What:
Imagine Peace Tower
Where & When:
Viðey Island
Now until December 8
Event
isn´t it about time that we
gave Peace a chance?
11.10.08 @ 2 pm | GYPSIES – A FAMILY CONCERT
Conductor | Sebastian Tewinkel
Soloist | Rachel Barton Pine
Host | Barbara the Clown
16.10.08 @ 7.30 pm | SIBELIUS SYMPHONY CYCLE I
Conductor | Petri Sakari Jean Sibelius | Violin Concerto
Soloist | Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir Symphony nr. 1
Symphony nr. 3
17.10.08 @ 7.30 pm | SIBELIUS SYMPHONY CYCLE II
Conductor | Petri Sakari Jean Sibelius | Symphony nr. 2
Symphony nr. 4
18.10.08 @ 5 pm | SIBELIUS SYMPHONY CYCLE III
Conductor | Petri Sakari Jean Sibelius | Symphony nr. 5
Symphony nr. 6
Symphony nr. 7
20/21.11 @ 7.30 PM YOUR FAVORITE BAROQUE*
Conductor | Nicholas Kraemer
Soloist | Dominique Labelle
Georg Friedrich Händel | Gloria
Georg Friedrich Händel | Lascia la spina
Georg Friedrich Händel | Ti pentirai, crudel
Georg Friedrich Händel | Water Music, suite nr. 2
Henry Purcell | Chacony
Henry Purcell | Dances from King Artur
Henry Purcell | Dido’s Lament
Johann Sebastian Bach | Orchestral Suite nr. 3
Johann Pachelbel | Canon and Gigue
*At Langholtskirkja Church
Tickets sold at www.sinfonia.is
or tel. 545 2500.
All concerts take place in Háskólabíó.
Stoðir is the main sponsor of
the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
UPCOMING
CONCERTS
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1. Think positively; it's easier
2. Cherish the ones you love
3. Continue learning as long as you live
4. Learn from your mistakes
5. Exercise daily; it enhances your well-being
6. Do not complicate your life unnecessarily
7. Try to understand and encourage those around you
8. Do not give up; success in life is a marathon
9. Discover and nurture your talents
10. Set goals for yourself and pursue your dreams
10 COMMANDMENTS
OF MENTAL HEALTH
If you have yet to see Equivocal, the
simple yet striking exhibit of Icelandic
photographer Katrín Elvarsdóttir latest
work, it’s not too late. The exhibit has
been given an extension and will be
showing at Gallerí Ágúst until Novem-
ber 11. This the second time the show
has been extended since Katrín was
nominated for the prestigious 2009
Deutsche Börse Photographic Prize in
September.
Katrín describes her work thusly: “We
are inside looking out. We are outside
looking in. A woman in a red coat, a
mobile home after midnight, yellow cur-
tains – these are all clues in a fragment-
ed narrative that raises questions rather
than provides answers. In the photogra-
phy series ‘Equivocal’ we witness enig-
matic events that we inadvertently have
taken part in. Like uninvited guests in a
scenario that refuses to reveal whether
it is fact or fiction. The fragments com-
bine in multiple ways and force upon us
incomplete story lines of an ambiguous
nature. Whether we like it or not.”
What:
Photo Exhibition
Where:
Gallerí Ágúst
Baldursgötu 12
When:
Now – November 11
Art
eQuivocal
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