Reykjavík Grapevine - 25.09.2009, Blaðsíða 22

use colors, lights and shapes in a
variety of media to create a feeling of
disorientation is examined. Curated by
Helgi Már Kristinsson
September 12 - November 8
Blinkworks
Blinkworks is an educational, family-
oriented workshop in the North Gal-
lery in conjunction with the exhibition
Blink. Guests are invited to try their
hand at enjoyable projects related to
op-art, optical illusion, and science.
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
Current Exhibitions:
Living Museum by the Sea; Arterial
for Country and City; From Poverty to
Abundance; The Shark – Light and Life
Energy; Hidden Craftsman.
The Reykjavík Museum of Photog-
raphy
August 28 - October 20
Polar Extremes
Lisa Blatt lived in Antarctica for two
months and camped for more than one
month. Polar Extremes, a result of this
journey, portrays the fragility, beauty,
and criticality of Antarctica.
Skuld Bookstore
Verðandi Gallery
September 18 - October 26
Þórir sF 77
Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir exhibits her
photography.
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rEYkJaVÍk
Akureyri
akureyri art museum
August 29 - October 18
The Selection. Icelandic photography
from 1866 to 2009.
Café karólína
October 3 - November 6
Bryndís Kondrup
November 11 - December 4
Bergþór Morthens
December 12 - January 1 2010
Sveinbjörg Ásgeirsdóttir
Álafoss
Varma
September 26 - October 11
Art exhibition - Lýðveldið við lækinn.
Borgarnes
The Icelandic settlement Centre
Permanent exhbitions:
The Settlement of Iceland; The Saga of
Egill Skalla-Grímsson.
Current theatre productions:
Brák – a monolouge by Brynhildur
Guððjónsdóttir.
Mr. Skallagrímsson – a monologue by
Benedikt Erlingsson.
Storms and Wars – a monolouge by
Einar Kárason.
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarborg
August 29 - November 1
In Deep Water
The sea and the self-consciousness of
a nation in Icelandic contemporary art.
This exhibition displays works by art-
ists that have used the sea as an inspi-
ration both as a natural phenomenon
and way of life; the sea both takes and
gives life.
Hveragerði
andans konur
París – Skálholt: Gerður Helgadóttir ∙
Nína Tryggvadóttir.
Stykkishólmur
Library of Water
Permanent Exhibition:
Roni Horn installation. The artist has
replaced stacks of books with glass
colums containing water gathered
from Iceland’s glaciers and glacial riv-
ers.
A R T
GALLERIES
– continued –
Depression. Betrayal. Insanity. Angst.
Absurdity. Darkness. Death. The
themes of German expressionism are
a good fit for the increasingly shorter
days and colder nights looming
over us. Café Rót will drive the point
home all month with an intellectually
stimulating and spiritually draining
selection of expressionist classics,
such as Fritz Lang‘s "M" and F.M.
Murnau's "Phantom." Since Mondays
are the bleakest of all days, it‘s a highly
appropriate start to the week. Their cozy
environment make it the perfect place
to sit and ponder the deeper things in
life. rL
German Expressionist
Cinema
Café Rót
Every Monday in October,
9:00pm, Free
Seven Samurai Sunday
Prikið
Sunday, September 27th,
23:00, Free admission
If honor, betrayal, glory, romance
and battle sound like the rest of your
weekend, you might as well make
it your Sunday night too. Prikið’s
weekly Hangover Cinema screening
is particularly juicy this week with a
showing of Akira Kurosawa’s 1957 chef
d’oeuvre, The Seven Samurai.
It’s 1587 in feudal Japan and
feuding bands of samurai are wreaking
havoc on a defenseless population. A
group of farmers collect their funds
and recruit a rag tag collection of, for
lack of a better word, freelance samurai
to protect their land, freedom and
wellbeing. What happens next can only
be described as a beautifully directed,
tear jerking, hilarious free-for-all mess.
Meanwhile, Prikið’s free popcorn
is working miracles and the weekend’s
debauchery is wearing off: you can see
straight, your headache is lifting and
your stomach is calming. In fact, you’re
thirsty and even though you haven’t
slept since Friday night, a nice cold beer
starts sounding pretty good: you’ve
been caught in Prikið’s trap. mZ
Iceland is a dish best served cold
Scheduled Busses
Linienbusse
Linjebussar
Bus régulier
Áætlunarbílar
Don’t let the rough
exterior fool you!
Our busses are warm
on the inside!
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