Reykjavík Grapevine - 04.04.2014, Blaðsíða 32

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“For the uninitiated, spending too much
time thinking about how, exactly, a virtual
currency can just suddenly exist, be doled
out en mass, and have some kind of
market value is a dizzying exercise…Really,
currencies are a lot like Tinkerbell—they
survive so long as we clap our hands and
say we believe.”
Will Iceland’s new cryptocurrency derail
traditional Icelandic valuation systems
or fizzle and disappear like the intangible
atmospheric phenomenon it’s named after?
Only time, and market demand, will tell.
“It is true that Iceland is not much of a
player on the world stage; it is not even the
person who pulls the curtains open and
shut. But to give credit where it is due, the
Minister for Foreign Affairs did the utmost
of what he could do.”
Putin invades Crimea. Icelandic Minister of
Foreign Affairs travels to Kiev to condemn
invasion. What will these crazy politicians
think of next?
“A little bit like Liverpool in the ‘60s,
Reykjavík is a small coastal town that
managed to turn local music into a major
export, putting a previously distant outpost
firmly on the musical map.”
Iceland punches above its weight, musically
speaking. But if you go to the exhibit on
Icelandic rock ’n’ roll at Sibelius Museum
in Turku, Finland, don’t do any punching
yourself. You might get thrown out.
“The Muck drawings on pizza boxes are
like Brueghel sketches with an Oedipus
complex: creature-like depictions of
humans with sharp teeth, sagging faces
and mostly preoccupied with one or more
penises.”
Frosti Gnarr’s zine ‘Grotta’ turns heads for
all the right (and maybe occasionally the
wrong) reasons.
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