Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.08.2012, Blaðsíða 65

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More Than Just A House
House – Hreinn Friðfinnsson
Runs until Aug. 19
Free
Hafnarborg
Hreinn Friðfinnsson’s may look like nothing more than a third-dimensional graphic of a house, but in order to fully appreciate it,
you must know of the full story behind it. Here’s the abbreviated version.
In 1938, Þórbergur Þórðarsson published a novel in which the character Sólon Guðmundsson (based off a worker in
Ísafjörður around the the turn of the 20th century) builds a house inside out in the year 1912. Fast forward to 1974 in the real
world. Icelandic native Hreinn Friðfinnsson decided to go into the wilderness and actually build a house inside out. But why?
“It’s a small wave to Sólon,” Hreinn says, adding, “You could say that in this way you turn the whole world on its head.”
Hreinn and a carpenter worked in the crater of a lava field near Hafnarfjörður, and upon completion Hreinn photographed
it and they left, not returning until the early 2000s.
Perhaps surprisingly, a few bullet holes were the only damage done to the house, ostensibly from a nearby gun club.
Hreinn built a second house in France in 2009, this time reversing the outside and putting it back in. Inside the house, in
fact, is a representation of his current work.
That brings us to the third installation, which can be seen at Hafnarborg until Aug. 19. At its most basic, it’s a graphic
representation of the original house (same size), and without walls, it pushes you both inside and outside the house simultane-
ously. It’s a house nearly 100 years in the making, and one well worth seeing. BW
West Fjords
Djúpavík
Hotel Djúpaví
Fjaran/ Littoral Zone
An exhibition of new work by Scottish
artists Ishbel Macdonald and
Rhiannon Van Muysen. Paintings,
prints and installations explore the
biology and geology of land and sea.
Runs through August 31
Patreksfjörður
Punk at Patro
August 11
During the day there are music workshops
and concerts for children and teens and in
the evening another set of concerts for the
whole family to enjoy.
South Iceland
Mosfellsbær
Hotel Laxness
History of Wool Walking Tour
Culture & Craft offers a two-hour
walking tour, where you can learn
about the history of the wool industry
in Mosfellsbær. The tour starts at
Hótel Laxness at 13:00 and is about
a 1,500 to 1,800 meter walkTours
run through the end of August on
weekdays and costs 3,900 ISK.
Vestmannaeyjar
Pompeii of the North, Westman
Islands
Excavations project at the site of a
1973 volcanic eruption on the
island of Heimaey.
Ongoing
West Iceland
Borgarnes
The Icelandic Settlement Centre
Settlement & Egils Saga Exhibition
Daily, 10:00-21:00
The two exhibitions tell the saga
of Icelandic's settlement and most
famous viking and first poet: Egill
Skallagrimsson. Cost is 2400 ISK for
adults, 1800 ISK for children, seniors
and students.
Reykholt
Snorrastofa
Snorri Sturluson and his time
Daily, 10:00-21:00
An exhibit at Snorrastofa explores
the life and times of famed Icelandic
poet, historian and politician Snorri
Sturluson. Cost is 1,000 ISK for
adults, 800 ISK for seniors and
students, and children under 16 get
in free.
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