Reykjavík Grapevine - 16.08.2013, Síða 57

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OPENINGS AND ONGOING
August 16 - 29
How to use the listings: Venues
are listed alphabetically by day.
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Opening
All over Reykjavík
August 23
Reykjavík Dance Festival
Spirit of dance takes over the city
for ten days. Three types of tickets
available: Lovers pass 14,900 ISK,
Friends pass 9,900 ISK and First
Date single tickets 2,200 ISK.
Runs until September 1
August 28
LÓKAL
International theatre festival
happening in Reykjavík!
Runs until September 1
Árbær Museum
August 18, 13:00 - 16:00
Rural Traditions Day
The helpful staff at Árbær open air
museum will introduce people to
the old rural traditions of and work
in Iceland. It is possible to assist the
museum workers with the days of
yore house work.
ART67
August 29, 17:00-19:00
Pink Ladies
The Pink Ladies will be painting
Reykjavík pink and will put on an
exhibit in ART67.
Runs until August 31
Artíma Gallerí
August 18, 15:00
Artist Talk on Museumsstück
An installation built as part of the
open-air festival "Undir Berum
Himni".
Kling & Bang
August 17
Ragnar Þórisson
Ragnar opens a solo exhibition
of new large-scale paintings. The
exhibit is untitled and admission is
free.
Runs until September 15
Þoka
August 17
Longing to be Loved or
Destroyed
Habbý Ósk opens an exhibit on
human behaviour and relationships.
The exhibition consists of
photographs, sculpture and a video
piece where candles are in the
forefront.
Runs until September 15
Ongoing
ART67
Margrét Hasdes Hauksdóttir
Featured artist, Margrét Hasdes
Hauksdottir, exhibits a series of oil
paint landscapes.
Runs through August 31
Bíó Paradís
Cool Cuts - Icelandic Cinema
with English Subtitles
Between June 14th and August 31st
Bíó Paradís will screen six Icelandic
films with english subtitles. The films
include White Night Wedding, Sigur
Rós’s Heima, Children of Nature,
Either Way, BackYard and Noi the
Albino. To find out more about these
movies check out Bíó Paradís’s
website.
Runs until August 31
The Culture House
Medieval Manuscripts, Eddas,
and Sagas
It includes principal medieval
manuscripts, such as Codices Regii
of the Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, law
codices and Christian works, not
forgetting the Icelandic Sagas.
On permanent view
Child of Hope - Youth and Jón
Sigurðsson
Exploring the life of Icelandic
national hero Jón Sigurðsson, made
especially accessible to children,
families and school groups.
On permanent view
Millennium - Phase One
A selection of pieces from the
collection of the National Gallery
displaying a variety of works by
Icelandic artists in the last two
360° Iceland
Sagafilms' Iceland Expo Pavillion
The Old Harbour | Every Day | 10:00-22:00 | 10 Euros
If standing on top of a glacier, scuba diving to the bottom of
the sea or standing next to an erupting volcano sounds far too
extreme for your sensibilities, consider stepping into Sagafilms'
Iceland Expo Pavillion, which simulates these experiences with
360° movie projection all from the safety of a temperature regu-
lated building. With five screens to focus on you're guaranteed
an excellent view. And the film's score composed by Hilmar Örn
Hilmarsson rounds out the experience with surround sound. The
film is shown every half hour. Your virtual adventure awaits! AB
centuries.
On permanent view
The Library Room
The old reading room of the National
Library displays books of Icelandic
cultural history dating from the 16th
century to the present day. Works
include the oldest published versions
of the Sagas, Edda Poems and more.
On permanent view
Lightplay
Dramatic watercolours by Derek Karl
of Iceland’s ethereal light.
Runs until August 31
The Einar Jónsson Museum
The museum contains close to 300
art works including a beautiful tree-
clad garden adorned with 26 bronze
casts of the artist's works is located
behind the museum.
On permanent view
Gallerí Ófeigur
UPPÍMÓTI
An exhibit by Gugga, two years in
the works, she uses oil and canvas to
explore the magnitude of Icelandic
waterfalls. Her work is bold and she
captures the clarity of the unique
Hljómskálagarður Park | Until August 25 | 14:00-19:00
The eight-sided Hljómskálinn (“Musical hut”) that rests by the
Reykjavík pond has a long and colourful history. Celebrating its
90th birthday, artist Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir and Guðmundur
Steinn Gunnarsson put together an exhibit where they get Hljóm-
skálinn to tell its own story in pictures and recorded sound. The
aim is for guests to come away with a strong sense of Hljómská-
linn’s identity in this experimental retelling of the hut. There are
special live performances on August 16, 24 and 25. TGB

Enter The Musical Octagon
Remembering Hljómskálinn