Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.02.2010, Side 13

23 January – 9 May 2010
JAKOB JAKOBSSON
Gengið að verki
At Work
JÓNA
ÞORVALDSDÓTTIR
Skynjanir
Senses
GRÓFARHÚS 6th floor · Tryggvagata 15 · 101 Reykjavík · www.photomuseum.is
Opening hours 12–19 mon–fri, 13–17 weekends · ADMISSION FREE
Ingólfsstræti 8 - 101 Reykjavík
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www.multi-kulti.org
Tel.: 692 8818 (Auður)
899 6570 (Kjartan)
Learn Icelandic!
New seminars starting every month
-Modest sized classes - max 12
-three levels
-private tuition
-Experienced teachers
-Location downtown
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Rockin’ Electro
Madness
Sódóma Reykjavík 22:00
Agent Fresco, Bloodgroup,
Sykur and Berndsen
Are you ready for an Electro-Pop-Rock-
Alternative-Super-Night (wow, sounds
sorta Japanese)? If yes, Sódóma is the
place for you on February 13th. From
22:00 and onwards, on four of Iceland's
finest musical acts will make you wish
the night would never end! Beloved
rockers Agent Fresco will be joined on
stage by ElectroWar troops Bloodgroup,
sugar-lovin’ teens Sykur and the
almighty Berndsen. Seems to us that
if you don't get yr dance on that night,
you’re just plain weird. Seriously, what’s
wrong with you?
Emilíana Torrini
Háskólabíó
February 19, 20, 21
Make haste! Tickets to see Iceland’s
Emilíana Torrini perform at Háskólabíó
are selling out fast. Returning to her
homeland after touring Australia and
Japan, Torrini will grace Háskólabíó with
her presence on February 19, 20 and 21.
If you don’t have tickets yet, you’re out of
luck for the first two shows, which sold
out almost immediately. However, Torrini
added the third show to the schedule,
giving you one more chance to see
the Icelandic enchantress on stage at
Háskólabíó.
Torrini’s latest internationally acclaimed
album Me and Armini includes the hit
single Jungle Drum, which has topped
charts in Iceland, Germany, Austria and
Belgium. Tickets cost 4.900 ISK and can
be purchased through midi.is.
Ljótu hálfvitarnir
Café Rósenberg
Friday, 19.2
Saturday, 20.2.
Good music today is characterized by a
genre name consisting of at least three
words and as many hyphens as possible.
Ljótu hálfvitarnir (“The Ugly Idiots”)
can in this respect be distinguished as
absolute masters, as they describe their
music as “folk-wonk-pop-acoustic-
punk-of-all-kinds-something-diddle”.
Their gigs usually make for some good,
drunken folky fun. Hell, one of their
trademarks is trading instruments
frequently. Yes, one of Ljótu hálfvitarnir's
convictions is that the same man should
not play the same instrument two songs
in a row. Since the band consists of
nine portly guys – and there are bigger
stages in this world than the one at Café
Rósenberg – these two concerts can be
expected to provide some damn good
entertainment, both aural and visual.
Kjarval’s Warrior Maidens
and Ships of Fancy
January 30 - April 25
Kjarvalsstaðir
Never before seen works by one of
Iceland’s foremost artists will be on
display at Kjarvalsstaðir through April
25. Although the museum houses a
permanent collection of fabled Icelandic
artist Jóhannes S. Kjarval’s work, this
exhibit focuses on his sketches of
warrior maidens and ships of fancy,
which are said to reflect the Icelandic
belief in a world of hidden people living
amongst humans.
Although the show is open until April
25, don’t miss a curator’s talk at 3pm on
February 7 to gain greater insight into
Kjarval’s magical world of westward
bound ships and translucent sword-
bearing maidens hovering in the sky.
D-16 – Katrín
Elvarsdóttir
February 25 – April 11
Reykjavík Art Museum,
Hafnarhús
Since 1990, Katrín Elvarsdóttir has held
numerous exhibitions both in Iceland
and abroad using the camera as her
main tool of expression. Among her
most celebrated activities in Iceland are
the exhibitions Longing and Home-
Away, which locals remember fondly. As
the 16th artist in the D-gallery project
at the Reykjavík Art Gallery, she will
present her exhibition Nowhere Land,
featuring photographs of caravans,
shrubs, trees, buildings and lanes. Katrín
Elvarsdóttir graduated from The Art
Institute of Boston with a BFA and her
exhibitions are definitely worth a visit.
Nowhere Land opens on February 25th
– be sure to make an appearance to
check out the nice art and indulge in a
glass of red wine or two.
Helgi Hóseasson’s
Protest Signs
January 23 - February 14
The Nordic House
Long before protesting the Icelandic
government really came into vogue
after October 2008, one man, Helgi
Hóseasson, earned the title, “Icelander’s
Protester.” At age 89, Hóseasson passed
away this past September, leaving
behind a lifetime of protest signs, which
are now on display at the Nordic House.
Hóseasson is especially famous for
the symbolic act of throwing skyr
on the President, bishop and MPs in
1972, but he also spent a great part
of his life standing on the corner
of Langholtsvegur and Holtavegur,
where many Icelanders want to raise
a permanent fixture in his memory.
Among his grievances, Hóseasson
believed the government wrongfully
forced him to be baptized and asked
that his certificate be revoked. The
government never granted him this wish.
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