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in August and Septemberi8 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.
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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
Golden Age Of Swing Comes To Iceland
Gullöld Glen Miller
Harpa - Eldborg
August 31 – 20:00
3990-5990 ISK

It’s not too late to enjoy some of the old-time crooners and sultry bands playing out night after night in this year’s Reykjavík
Jazz Festival. This summer’s programme culminates in a grandstand showcase by The Reykjavík Big Band, who’ll be Moonlight
Serenade-ing the gathered crowds and getting Harpa well and truly In The Mood. They’ll be taking you down memory lane,
evoking the golden age of the Glenn Miller Orchestra—the most popular band of the swing era, with a loyal following, selling
more records than any other band in the thirties and forties. Festival organisers say that this great evening of sweet nostalgic
music promises the start of a new era for the Reykjavík Big Band, with Les Miserables star Thor Breidfjord and male singing
quartet Borgardaetur joining the players. Expect a mesmerising performance and a glittering night carrying you dreamily back
to a bygone era. MOB
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
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 until 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 1
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
The Nordic House
The Library
The collection centers around new Nor-
dic literature, both fiction and nonfiction.
The library lends out novels, academic
publications, audio books and more.
On permanent view
Mindwork
Eygló Benediktsdóttir and Ingibjörg
Guðmundsdóttir exhibit art from
the previous winter in the Nordic
House’s foyer in August The material
basis of Eygló‘s and Ingibjörg‘s art is
clay but the subjective basis origins
from their personal memories.
Runs until August 26
autobahn
On his travels, the Finnish musician
Jimi Tenor has photographed
roadkills, the victims of high speed
driving and too much traffic. The
outcome resembles abstract
paintings.
Runs until August 26
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Ásmundarsafn
The Fire Within
A collection of sculptures by Ásmundur
Sveinsson housed in his former home.
The pieces explore three major themes:
the woman as lover, the brutality of war
and the unknown frontier of outer space.
Runs until April 14, 2013
Reykjavík Art Museum- Hafnarhús
(I)ndependent People - Collabora-
tions and artists Initiatives
(I)ndependent People asks if and how