Reykjavík Grapevine - 02.07.2010, Side 28

The grand opening of Villa Reykjavík is coming close – 9 July 2010. 14 European galleries are setting up an international art district,
each with its own space, and each preparing its own exhibition. The most important events as part of Villa Reykjavík are planned for
the first week of the project. The idea of meeting, which is the leitmotif of the entire undertaking, will be present in the programme
of performances, screenings, and concerts. Visit the exhibitions and join us during the opening week! Admission free!
To get lost in Reykjavík
Fake applause, embarrassment, apologies, no-show at his own show – in his performances Oskar Dawicki
can very charmingly disenchant the public, at the same time seducing it and luring into a joint play with
the conventions of art. This time, his plan it to get lost in Reykjavík. And not just to get lost himself, but
also lose all the things he gets his hands on. If you have anything to lose – bring it to one of the meetings
with the artist (see program).
VILLA
REYKJAVIK
Art Makes Us Drunk
Finally! The embarrassing relations between
art and vodka shall be revealed!
The two elements will clash on screen as part of a project Art Makes Us
Drunk. The set includes films by Gilbert and George, Dara Birnbaum,
Piotr Zylinski or Firma Portretowa (Portrait Company), which smoothly
reconcile the experience of getting drunk with that of aesthetics, and
which tell about a peculiar type of transformation, a metaphor of the
chemical nature of all our mental processes. They are a dream about
the force of art, their immediate and dazing effect.
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús, Tryggvagata 17
10 July, 15.00; 16 July, 15.00
Pierre Bismuth
Rain from Belgium will evaporate in Reykjavík.
Pierre Bismuth’s project, prepared by Jan Mot gallery especially for Villa
Reykjavík, has begun some time ago in Brussels, where the artist collects
rainwater and sends it to Iceland to be reintroduced to the atmosphere. It
will be possible to observe the process in detail in front of the old fish halls.
Geirsgata 11
This summer in Reykjavík, when the sun almost does not set,
14 European galleries will establish an international art district.
Opening Week, 9-16 July 2010
E x h i b i t i o n s , P E r f o r m a n c E s , s c r E E n i n g s , c o n c E r t s
Firma Portretowa