Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.10.2012, Qupperneq 41

Five Weeks
The Grapevine picks the events, places and what to experience the next five weeks
Reykjavík Map Happy Hour Guide Places we like Best of Reykjavík Practical Info
Reykjavík Area October 5 - November 8 Keep it in your pocket
Jack Live
1.000-1.500 ISK
Gamli Gaukurinn, Tryggvagata 22
Didn’t get a ticket to Airwaves? Yeah, me neither, I feel
your pain man. This really couldn’t get any worse could it,
right? Wrong! Before you take out those safety pins and
stitch up your ripped jeans, here’s some good news for
you, dear rock fan. There’s another music festival in town.
It’s called Jack Live and it’s currently in full swing!
Jack Live is a three day rock music festival playing host
to thirteen great local acts with varied styles, but a
consistently high degree of awesomeness. Doors open
at 21:00 and bands start at 22:00. Featured bands include
Agent Fresco, Axeorder and Brain Police. Quick, grab
your air guitar. You have no time to lose! TM
Blóðhefnd (“Vendetta”)
Prices Vary
Various theatres
Because Icelanders spend their time making daisy
crowns, drawing rainbows and cuddling baby bunnies,
Blóðhefnd, a gory action thriller, gives movie-goers the
perfect excuse to indulge their inner crime mob kingpin
(everyone has one of those, right?)
The film, directed by Ingo Ingólfsson, follows a young
man named Trausti. Trausti returns home after a seven-
year absence to find that is brother is caught up in a
dangerous underground crime organization that is slave
trafficking young women (and you thought your siblings
were bad). He meets his own personal damsel in distress,
Maria, and soon he must not only save Maria from the
gang, but get revenge for his family as well. The film is
action-packed to the core, and even the title itself was
inspired by the Icelandic “saga” times, when the Vikings
sought revenge if a family member was killed.
Action! Drama! A LOVE STORY!! What more could you ask
for? After four years in the making, and hailed as one of
Iceland’s first action films, Blóðhefnd is unlike anything
Icelandic cinema has seen before. In Icelandic with English
subtitles. KO
Ballast (Kjölfesta)
Free
Reykjavik Art Gallery, Skúlagata 30
If you're the type of person who wishes someone would
bottle up the musky aroma of old books, then this
exhibition is for you. Heiðrún Kristjánsdóttir's “Ballast” is a
tribute to books and the way they help preserve Icelandic
culture. A former art teacher, Heiðrún earned an art and
graphics degree from the San Francisco Art Institute in
1984. In the exhibition she has preserved old Icelandic
books in beeswax. Heiðrún was inspired by seeing old
and forgotten books lying on bookshelves, collecting dust
in storage boxes or being tossed in the garbage. “Ballast”
is a chance for these old books to regain some of their
former glory and let their stories be told. AJ
IN YOUR
POCKET
ART
Bound To Books
GO ART From the fishing Grounds to the
Market Stalls These images follow the
entire process of salt fish production.
20 THU MUSIC Jarnstjarna/ICE-GOTH. The
Icelandic-Candian DJ is being hosted by
ICE-GOTH, a group that promotes goth
culture in Iceland. 500 ISK
GO MUSIC Bubbi Morthens concert
series. Much loved singer/songwriter
Bubbi Morthens is on the move again,
performing songs from his newest solo
album, Þorpið (“Town”). 2500 ISK
FILM
Seeking Vengeance
MUSIC
JD And Music
GO
12
F R I
GO
WHATS
INSIDE
WHALE
WATCHING
EXPRESS
TOURS
SPECIAL
Make the most
of your day!
We
offer free

pick-up
in the
Reykjavik
area!
Call us
+354 892 0099
or book online
specialtours.is
HOW TO BOOK
Takesonly 2-2
hours
Spend more time whale
watching and less time
waiting.
„That was marvellous!
We saw many whales
and dolphins. Fantastic.“
-Samantha
APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OKT
10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00
14:00 14:00 14:00 14:00 14:00
18:00 18:00 18:00
WHALE WATCHING TOURS
GRÓFARHÚS 6th Floor
Tryggvagata 15, 101 Reykjavik
Opening Hours: Mon–Thu 12–19
Fridays 12–18, Weekends 13–17
www.photomuseum.is
Reykjavik Museum
of Photography
Exhibitions all year round
ADMISSION FREE