Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.08.2012, Side 64

O U T SI D E
Reykjavík in August
PIZZA
small menu
delicious
LAUGAVEGUR 28B, ABOVE SPUUTNIK SECOND HAND SHOP
Sunny
terrace!
+
Fjarnan/Littoral Zone
Runs until Aug. 31
Free
The Old Herring Factory, Djupavik
Scottish artists Ishbel Macdonald and Rhiannon Van Muysen team up with an exhi-
bition of paintings and prints inspired the fauna, flora and geology of both land and
sea. The mother-and-daughter duo have given the Old Herring Factory a new sense
of life, bringing glimpses of the life aquatic and geographic to its wooden halls.
Glancing over their works at first glance makes it hard to decipher whether
you’re looking at an anemone of some kind under a microscope, just a portion of it
visible and coherent as a whole. Other works look like what one might see peering
out of the kaleidoscopic periscope on the Yellow Submarine.
But there’s also the geographic element to the works. From Rhiannon’s web-
site, “I have developed techniques which involve the freezing and melting of materi-
als onto paper, allowing the melt water to etch its path into the paper. Minerals
and salts are added to certain areas as the composition begins to build. The work
continues to change and develop over time as crystals form on the paper surface
and iron fragments oxidise.”
The result is a work that evolves much as Iceland’s own landscape has. Where-
as glaciers have etched into the rock here over millions of years, the processes
used to make these works do too, mimicking the ever-metamorphosing plates of
our planet.
The exhibit is only around until the end of August, so hurry to Djupavik to see
Ishbel and Rhiannon’s merger of talents. BW
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REYKJAVÍK
North Iceland
Akureyri
Akureyri Center for Visual Arts
(Sjónlistamiðstöðin)
Textílbomban
An exhibit of all textile art,
including the largest national
flag in Iceland!
Runs until September 3
Glóbal-Lókal
Local artists use different media like
photography, sculpture, drawing and
videography to capture the essence
of Iceland's "second city."
Akureyri Church
Summer concerts every Sunday
Runs until September 9
Talented classical musicians every
Sunday for a month.
Akureyri Theatre
Borgarinnan
August 29
A new play is premiering by Saga Jóns-
dóttir about the life of Vilhelmína Lever.
She was the first woman elected into the
Akureyri council nineteen years before
women had the right to vote. Girl power!
Everything Everywhere in
Akureyri
Here + There + Everywhere =
Everything
June 23 - September 3
Art explodes into the community,
celebrating Akureyri’s 150th birth-
day. Seventy-one artists take part
in a radical exploration of public
art, weaving an intricate story into
new spaces. The only place that this
exhibition will not take place is at
the local art museum.
Græni Hatturinn
The Saints of Boogie Street
August 10
Hundur í Óskilum
August 11
1860
August 15, 21:00
Tilbury
August 17, 22:00
ParsleyMusic
August 28
Sauðárkróki
Gæran Music Festival
August 11-13
Over twenty bands will play at such at
Gæran with solo and acoustic sets on the
first night. There are lots of extras included
in the ticket price including free swimming
all weekend in the Sundlaug Akureyrar
pool and there will be documentaries
shown on Icelandic music.
East Iceland
Fljótsdalshérað
ormsteiti Festival
August 10-20
Crafts, art, cakes, music, competitions
and loads more, a great variety of fun to
be had at Ormsteiti.
Seyðisfjörður
Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art
Artist talk: jens Reichert
August 10, 15 :̀30, main gallery
Opening and presentation of the
publically installed audio work by
Jens Reichert, who is trying to teach
Icelandic while living in Germany.
The work will be exhibited at Herðu-
breið – community center untill August
31.
Artist talk: Ülo Pikkov
August 10, 16:00, main gallery
Estonian filmmaker Ülo Pikkov will
screen and talk about his latest
short film Body Memory (2011 /
Nukufilm / 9 min).
REBIRTH oF THE BLACK uNICoRN
with Viktor Pétur Hannesson
August 10, 17:00, Bjólfsbakki
On the 26 of February 2012 the Black
Unicorn went down into the sea at
Bjólfsbakki. On Friday August 10, the
plan is to get the Unicorn back from
the bottom of the harbour and revive
it. The performance will take place
at 17.00 at the harbour, Bjólfsbakki
(at the old ferie dock). In the fol-
lowing week the artist will attend to
the Unicorn in an open studio at the
Bookshop-Projectspace. Guests are
welcome to drop by. The process will
finish on Friday Agust 17, at 20.00
with a finisage where the artist
will exhibit the result of his work.
The project is a part of Skaftfell’s
summer exhibition series Reaction
Intermediate.
In collaboration with the Icelandic
Centre for Ethnology and Folklore,
Skaftfell is showing a collection of
short videos. This was to collect
narratives from all the inhabitants of
Seyðisfjörður in 2011 and 2012 to give
a bigger picture of the community.
Ongoing
A Band That Would
Make Abe Lincoln
Proud
1860
Aug. 15, 21:00
1,500 ISK-2,000 ISK
Græni Hatturinn, Akureyri
If you’re in the Akureyri area on Aug.
15, don’t miss a performance by
1860 at Græni Hatturinn. The band is
indie pop with a flair for folk, but pin-
ning down 1860 as just one sound
isn’t possible.
Some of their music is rife with vocal
harmonization with lyrics begging
you to be melancholy, but other
ditties use a peppy ukelele and
lovestruck, uplifting lyrical move-
ments.
The band was created by Ottar
G. Birgisson and Hlynur Juni Hall-
grimsson, and along with jazz pianist
Kristjan Hrnannar Palsson (known
for a penchant for lively public
performances), they began the act in
2010. But it was soon to grow.
Nowadays their music has a
richer, more layered sound, thanks
in part to the fact 1860 is a six-piece
act. Their music is critically ac-
claimed, their singles having hit the
top 10 on Icelandic radio consis-
tently, not to mention a nomination
nod at the Icelandic Music Awards
for best newcomer.
They’ve cited bands like Simon &
Garfunkel, Fleet Foxes, Arcade
Fire and Belle & Sebastian as their
influences, but their sound remains
singular and their own.
The band currently is working on
their second album, set to release
later in 2012. If you’ve got any ques-
tion if 1860 is your flavour of pop,
check out their website at 1860.is.
If you like what you hear, head to
Akureyri. BW
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