Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.08.2012, Page 62

A R T
in August
AT THE REYKJAVÍK ARTS FESTIVAL 2012
i8 Gallery
Tryggvagata 16
101 Reykjavík
Iceland
info@i8.is
T: +354 551 3666
www.i8.is
i8 was founded in 1995 and represents an eclectic mix of
Icelandic and international contemporary artists.
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON
ÓLAFUR ELÍASSON
HREINN FRIÐFINNSSON
KRISTJÁN GUÐMUNDSSON
SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON
ELÍN HANSDÓTTIR
RONI HORN
RAGNAR KJARTANSSON
EGGERT PÉTURSSON
FINNBOGI PÉTURSSON
RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR
EGILL SÆBJÖRNSSON
KARIN SANDER
HRAFNKELL SIGURÐSSON
IGNACIO URIARTE
ÍVAR VALGARÐSSON
ÞÓR VALGARGSSON
LAWRENCE WEINER
Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11-5pm, Saturday, 1-5pm.
Join our mailing list on www.i8.is or join us on Facebook.
EGILL SÆBJÖRNSSON
12 July – 30 August 2012
GRÓFARHÚS 6th floor
Tryggvagata 15, 101 Reykjavik
Opening hours:
12–19 mon–fri, 13–17 weekends
www.photomuseum.is
Reykjavik Museum
of Photography
Exhibitions all year round
ADMISSION FREE
Art Influenced By South Korea, London
And Iceland
Home to Home Art Exhibition
Bergstaðastræti 4 (opposite Kaffibarinn)
August 15-19 - 13:00-18:00
Free
What happens when three artists who have all lived in South Korea, London and
Iceland at different points in their lives team up for an art exhibition to present
how each of the countries have shaped the way they view life? The five-day Home
to Home Art Exhibition is the result of such a collaboration.
The trio consists of Hye Joung Park, Karl Ómarsson and Seung Hyun Woo.
Hye studied at the Icelandic Academy and the Slade School of Fine Art in London
before settling in Seoul. Karl graduated in Iceland and the University of the Arts
in London and now also lives and works in Seoul. Seung was born in South Korea
but lives and works in London, and she has also worked in studios in Hafnar-
fjörður and Reykjavík.
The showing was created to impart to its audience what it is like to embrace
a completely different part of the world as your home and the ups and downs that
come with it. There is a real sense in the art that your home is where you hang
your hat, not necessarily where you were born. EB
Remembering The Fallen
Atomic Bomb Exhibition
Reykjavík City Library through September 14
Free
Every year, Icelanders have a unique way of remembering a tragedy that happened
almost 9,000 kilometres away. On August 9 year after year, flashes of floating can-
dles light up the Tjörnin, the lake in central Reykjavík, to commemorate the victims
of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombs that fell in 1945. The bombs flattened
the cities, taking hundreds of thousands of Japanese lives in the process. Iceland,
which does not maintain a standing army, wants to remember the atrocities of war.
This year, there’s another way to remember the victims in Nagasaki. The Atomic
Bomb Exhibition started its display at the Reykjavík City Library August 9, and will
move to the University of Iceland on September 14 and the Akureyri Hof Cultural
and Conference Center on October 13. Managed by the Nagasaki Foundation for
the Promotion of Peace, the group shifts the exhibition to a different city and coun-
try each year – from Las Vegas, U.S.A. in 2005 to St. Petersburg, Russia last year.
The exhibition in Iceland will feature several artistic, historical and photographic
depictions of the bombings, including audio-visual testimonials from survivors and
messages of peace. CW
Harpa
How to Become Icelandic in 60
Minutes
Join us for a comical theatre
performance about all kinds of aspects
of Icelandic culture. If you're sick of
feeling like a tourist everywhere you
go, this show is for you. Tickets are
3,900 ISK and Harpa hosts two to
three shows per week in the Kaldalón
or Norðurljós halls.
Ongoing
Iceland Expo Pavilion
One component of the 2010 World
Expo in Shanghai, a cube lined with
canvas, projecting a video of Icelandic
nature on each side and above the
viewer, is now available for the first
time to the Icelandic public. The
fifteen-minute film was recorded at
five angles, four of the RED cameras
recording simultaneously, hooked onto
planes and helicopters flying over the
Icelandic wilderness.
Runs through August 24
Hlandvættir
Guðmundur Thoroddsen
This exhibition of wooden sculptures
and drawings portrays men of differ-
ent ages in everyday activities.
Runs until August 9.
i8 Gallery
Egill Sæbjörnsson
An exhibition of new works will
continue the Icelandic artist's
experimentation with elements of
sculpture, animation and sound.
The exhibition consists of three
installations where the communica-
tion between sculptural objects and
computer-animated image projec-
tions create self-generative works.
Runs through August 30
Knitting Iceland
Come and knit at Laugavegur 25, 3rd
floor, every Thursday, 14:00 - 18:00.
On permanent view
Latin Dance Studio, Faxafen 12
Guided Practica
Argentine tango, Sundays from 17:30-
19:30. Register by phone 821 6929 or
email tangoadventure@gmail.com, 500
ISK for students, 800 ISK for others.
Six- week courses are also available.
On permanent view
Living Art Museum
July 28 Delicate Luggage II
The Living Art Museum pays
tribute to Níels Hafstein, one of the
museum’s founders and an overall
prominent figure in the Icelandic art
scene.
Runs through September 9
Museum of Design –
Hönnunarsafn Íslands
Something To Write Home About
The emerging changes in Icelandic
design are on display to highlight
how product designers are
embracing more collaboration.
Runs until October 14
National Gallery of Iceland
Hypnotized by Iceland
Works by artists inspired by Iceland's
powerful, dangerous and endangered
waterfalls.
Runs until November 4
Inspired by Iceland
This exhibit explores visually the
non-verbal, non-narrative beauty of
Iceland's natural landscapes.
Runs until November 4
Archive – Endangered Waters
An interactive installation by Ice-
landic artist Rúrí, which features 52
photographs of waterfalls around the
country, developed on transparent
film, mounted on sliding plates in a
large archive. When pulled out from
the archive, the particular sound of
each waterfall plays, as recorded by
Rúrí at the location.
Runs until December 31
The National Museum
Advent in the Highlands
Photographer Sigurjón Pétursson
took his inspiration for this collection
of work from the novella 'Aðventa' by
Gunnar Gunnarsson. Sigurjón's
pictures are drawn from passages
from the book. The result is a series of
photographs capturing the still beauty
of the highlands near Mývatn.
Runs until September
The Making of a Nation - Heritage
and History in Iceland
This exhibition is intended to provide
insight into the history of the Icelandic
nation from the Settlement to the pres-
ent day.
On permanent view