Reykjavík Grapevine - 31.07.2009, Qupperneq 27

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artFart Festival
August 1- 31
All over town
Cost for separate shows
varies
“Let ś Talk Local- Reykjavík”
Every day, 18:00
All over town
Cost for separate shows
varies
The artFart festival now returns for
its fourth run in Reykjavík. Since its
inception, the festival has quickly
developed in to one of the premier
venues for performance artists to
display their works. The art vibes will be
flowing around town for the next month,
and start with a kick-off BBQ street
party.
This year includes 25 different
pieces, with around 130 people total
participating in the festival. The line-up
includes different local acts as well
as some newcomers from abroad.
One of these artists, Mischa Twitchin
from Britain, will be showing “The
Destruction of Experience: Klamm ś
Dream,” which is “a monologue for two
voices.” Another group from abroad,
The Fiasco Division, includes members
from Britain, Norway and Iceland. They
are a collective that performs highly
physical and comical works. In addition
to some other pieces, they will be
performing two plays that the group
created themselves, Morbid and We are
the Sleepyheads. Both will be shown at
Hafnarfjarðarleikhúsið.
Local performance artists include
Snorri Ásmundsson and the Icelandic
Love Corporation. The festival is meant
to create an opportunity for artists
to explore and experiment within the
performance art genre. Although the
basis is performance, there will also be
many opportunities to talk about the
work that is done. Workshops and talks
will be ongoing for the duration of the
festival.
The festival will be based out
of Leikhús Batteríið, located at
Hafnarstræti 1. The kick-off party is
running along with the Innipúkinn music
festival, and will start out as a street
party before moving indoors. Many
of the performances are dispersed
throughout town, and their locations can
be found in the 2009 artFart programme.
A full copy is available on their website,
www.artfart.is. JG
For those tourists wanting to know
a little more about the town they
are visiting, Kraðak Theater Group
presents “Let ś Talk Local- Reykjavík.”
A comedic two-man show presented
in English that native Icelanders may
get a laugh from as well. The show
focuses on the development of the city
in terms of population, politics and
culture. However, the actors manage to
interpret the important events quite a
bit differently than your average boring
history lesson.
The show begins in the age of the
Vikings, with the two actors portraying
Ingólfur Arnarson and his son, Þorsteinn
Ingólfsson, as they search for Iceland.
The show, shifting between important
dates, goes back to this scenario
frequently because of the relevance of
Ingólfur Arnarson as the first settler.
From this point, the actors quickly
change in and out of costumes,
depicting other famous Icelanders and
pivotal moments in the history of the
capital, in their own humorous tone. The
actors even, at times, involve audience
members in their presentation.
The show lasts almost one hour, and
looks at Reykjavík from AD 874 to
present day. The amount of history may
seem overwhelming for a mere hour, yet
the presentation remains both amusing
and eye-catching. Instead of being
bombarded with names and dates, the
small skits show memorable tidbits that
capture all the big moments.
The “Let’s Talk Local-Reykjavík”
show, written by Snæbjörn Ragnarsson,
is the second of its kind. The group has
also performed “Let’s Talk Christmas”
in the past, which is about Icelandic
holiday traditions.
All guests receive a 10%
discount at Restaurant Reykjavík and
a complimentary drink. “Let’s Talk
Local- Reykjavík” can also be performed
specially for visiting groups. Contact
Kraðak Theater Group at +354 699 0740
or letstalk@kradak.is. JG