Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.02.2010, Síða 17

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19:00 - 24:00 WWW.SAFNANOTT.IS
Reykjavík Museum of
Photography
19:00 – 23:00
Diving into the collection
help us recognize people and places on the
photographs. Do you know the surround-
ings or faces?
20:00 – 23:00
Staged Photography – Ikae & Da Boyz
Photographer Oddvar will be at the
museum and talk about the working
procedure of his colourful and playful
photographs.
20:00 – 23:00
Alternative Photography
Jóna Þorvaldsdóttir leads guests into the
magical world of alternative photography.
20:45 – 21:15
Opposites
Third year students from the School of
Classical Ballet show a piece inspired
by the exhibitions SENSES and AT
WORK
Reykjavík Museum of Photography,
Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor, Reykjavík
The Reykjavik Municipal
Archives
I had a dream...
share your dream with us. send it to bor-
garskjalasafn@reykjavik.is, max 200 words
or half an a4 page. include your name or not
- your selection. ten dreams will be read on
the Museum night February 12th, at 23.00.
19:00 – 23:59
Open House at the Reykjavik
Municipal Archives
learn about the City archives and other
local archives, listen to dreams and have
a reiki master assist you with the meaning
of your dreams. the program also includes
modern ballet, a band playing klezmer mu-
sic, exhibitions and more. Coffee and spe-
cial play corner for the children.
19:00 - 23:59
Your Archives
in iceland, there are twenty local or munici-
pal archives operating, and the Reykjavik
Municipal archives is one of them. their role
is to collect and preserve the history of their
area. on Museum night there will be intro-
duction of their legal role and work.
19:00 - 21:00
Children's Corner
the Reykjavik Municipal archives will have
special children's corner, where the young
ones can draw and paint, as well as look at
books and magazines. Every child will get a
balloon and pencil to take home.
19:00 – 23:59
Foaming Coffee
Dance composed by third year students of
the Classical Ballet school (www.ballett.
is) under the guidance of River Carmals
and performed november 7 last year at the
Youngart festival. Played on a screen on
and off until midnight.
19:00 - 23:59
Memories from a life of a couple
Exhibition on documents of a husband and
a wife. they were ordinary people, living and
working in Reykjavik, raising five children
and very much in love with each other. they
are now deceased but their memory lives
through their archives, which were given to
the City archives by their children.
19:00 – 21:00
Let your dreams come true!
sigrún Gunnarsdóttir, master of reiki, will
interpret dreams for individuals. People can
tell her about their dreams and she will inter-
pret them and read into their meaning. Cost
for each dream is isK 500. let your dreams
come true!
21:00 – 21:50
Lively Klezmer Music
Member of the band Varsjárbandalagið will
play lively Klezmer music at the Reykjavik
Municipal archives,
The Reykjavik Municipal Archives,
Tryggvagata 15, Reykjavík
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík 871 ±2
20:00 – 21:00
Dreams told in the Sturlunga Saga and
dreams of present day
a lecture by Guðrún nordal, director of the
arne Magnean institute. in icelandic.
21:00, 22:00 & 23:00
Guided tours around the museum
exhibition.
The Settlement Exhibition, Aðalstræti 16,
Reykjavík
The Icelandic Museum of
Graphic Art
Exhibition and presentation of two artists,
soffia sæmundsdóttir and Kristin Gunn-
laugsdóttir. soffia will be working at the
Printmaking associations workshop.
The Icelandic Museum of Graphic Art,
Tryggvagata 17, Reykjavik
SÍM - Association of
Icelandic Visual Artists
19:00-23:00
Sigríður Rut – Artist of the Month
step in to see paintings from the artist of the
month, sigríður Rut.
SÍM, Tryggvagata 17, Reykjavík
The Culture House
19:00 - 23:00
Author Unknown
Words from hundreds of rhymes by
unknown authors will be at hand for guests
to rearrange at will. Programme led by
Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson, writer and artist.
19:00 - 23:00
Iceland::Film
11th screen. Premiere. on Museum night,
the 11th screen will be added to the exhi-
bition, showing clips from the movies the
Good heart, sunshine Boy, Country Wed-
ding and White night Wedding. over a
hundred icelandic films from the onset of
moviemaking in iceland to the present are
accessible in full length in the exhibition.
Wine Bar and various visitors. in coopera-
tion with the icelandic Film Centre.
21:00 – 22:00
Icelanders
icelanders is a newly opened exhibition of
photographs by sigurgeir sigurjónsson
from his book of the same name, with texts
by writer unnur Jökulsdóttir. unnur will be
present at the exhibition between 21 and 22
to talk about the photographs and the book.
22:30 -23:00
Ólöf Arnalds in Solo Concert
The Culture House, Hverfisgata 15,
Reykjavík
The National Archives
19:00-23:30
Cencus Manuscript exhibition
the manuskripts on display date from 1703
and 1762, and are the oldest censuses of
any nordic country.
19:00-23: 30
Databases
Censuses and judical books. the icelandic
Census Database. a database of judical
books.
19:00-23: 30
An introduction to genealogical
research
Find your ancestors in church records.
19:00-23: 30
Old Handwriting
try to read old handwriting. try to imitate old
handwriting. Prize quiz.
19:00-23: 30
Private Archives
Do you have interesting records that
you would like to submit to the Nation-
al Archives?
20:00-22:00
Preservation of Old Records
specialists of the national archives of ice-
land clean old documents.
20:00-20:30
“...when we get older and wise up“
Gunnar Örn hannesson talks about the
problems hallgrímur “the small” thorláks-
son had adapting to school life in skálholt in
the 17th century.
21:00-21:30
The First Icelandic Serial Killer?
Ólafur Ásgeirsson talks about the famous
icelandic murderer axlar-Björn and his con-
temporary times.
The National Archives‘ Reading Room,
Laugavegur 162, Reykjavík. Entrance from
Laugavegur.
Natural History Museum
of Kópavogur
19:00 - 23:00
You Dare Look?
an indistinct creation is hidden in the natu-
ral history Museum of Kópavogur. is it alive
or dead? is it natural or made by human
intelligence? Come and have a look if you
dare!
21:00 - 21:30
Are the Birds Divine?
Crypto zoologist Þorvaldur Friðriksson pro-
vides a guided tour on the role of icelandic
birds and other creatures in icelandic cul-
ture.
Natural History Museum of Kópavogur,
Hamraborg 6a, Kópavogur
Kópavogur Art Museum
– Gerðarsafn
19:00 - 24:00
Play with Gerður
Exhibition featuring works by young stu-
dents at the art school of Kópavogur based
on Gerður helgadóttir's works, in collabora-
tion with Gerðarsafn.
19:00 – 24:00
Inspired by Gerður
Designs by different artists inspired by the
works of Gerður helgadóttir for the museum
store in Gerðarsafn.
Kópavogur Art Museum – Gerðarsafn,
Hamraborg 4, Kópavogur
Kópavogur Regional
Archives
19:00 - 23:59
Political Dreams and Nightmares
An exhibition on elections in Kópa-
vogur. Photographs of candidate meet-
ings, political advertisements and pro-
paganda for eyes and ears.
Kópavogur Regional Archives,
Hamraborg 1, Kópavogur
Kópavogur Library
19:30 - 20:00
Dreamcatcher
halla Frímannsdóttir talks about meaning of
dreams among different nations.
20:00 - 20:30
Blikandi stjörnur
Musical group Blikandi stjörnur performs,
conducted by ingveldur Ýr.
20:30 – 21:00
Dreams and their meaning
Þóra Elfa Björnsson talks about dreams and
their meaning.
22:00 – 23:00
Meaning of Dreams
Kristján Frímannsson analysis dreams for
guests.
23:00 -23:45
Balkan Music
Varsjárbandalagið plays music from the Bal-
kan countries and also some Jewish music.
Kópavogur Library, Hamraborg 6a,
Kópavogur
Molinn – Culture Centre
19:00 -23:00
Urban Art and Underground Café
street artist Guðmundur Óli, aKa. Ellt,
live music and café.
Molinn, Hábraut 2, Kópavogur
The Music History
Museum of Iceland
22:00 & 22:00
Bjarki sveinbjörnsson, director of the Mu-
sic history Museum of iceland attempts to
answer the question: "Why a Music history
Museum?"
The Music History Museum of Iceland, Há-
braut 2 Kópavogur.
Garðabær Library
20:00 – 20:30
Icelandic settlers in Garðabær
archaeologist Ragnheiður traustadóttir
gives a short recital about the icelandic set-
tlement and specifically about the settlers in
Garðabær.
21:30 – 22:00
Ragnheiður Gröndal - Icelandic hymns
Singer Ragnheiður Gröndal performs
Icelandic hymns from her newly re-
leased album.
Garðabær Library, Garðatorg 7, Garðabær