Reykjavík Grapevine - 16.08.2013, Síða 57

Reykjavík Grapevine - 16.08.2013, Síða 57
A R T OPENINGS AND ONGOING August 16 - 29 How to use the listings: Venues are listed alphabetically by day. For complete listings and detailed information on venues visit www. grapevine.is Send us your listings: listings@grapevine.is 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

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