Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.06.2014, Blaðsíða 51

FRUM Contemporary Music Festival
ISK 1,500 ISK 20:00
Kjarvalstaðir, Flókagata 24 (H8)
The annual FRUM Festival serves as an introduction to
an undercurrent of music history, one in which ground-
breaking, yet somehow ‘forgotten,’ Nordic composers
of the past, ‘the Lost,’ are looked over and given a
modern twist by the throng of current and upcoming
composers, or ‘the Found.’ The festival will be focused
on performances of German-Icelandic ensemble
“Adapter,” whose renditions will undoubtedly provide an
unconventional and illuminating testament to the Nordic
musical spirit. LH
MUSIC
Celebrating The Past In
The Present
Warning!
Rugrats Everywhere!
Icelandic National Day
ISK Free! All day
All over Iceland
Do you want to take the kids out, feed them
lots of hot dogs and the corporate sludge of the
consumerist age (aka. Coke) and give them helium
balloons that you know they will inevitably lose and
cry over for the rest of the day? Well, you’re in luck,
because that’s what pretty much every family will be
doing this Tuesday, along with watching parades and
clowns doing funny business. If you are, however,
without kids, you can join the rest of us in fretting
over bouncy castles not being available for adults…
TGB
Photo by Steinar Hugi
I Blog
Therefore I Think
‘Sjáum-k Ég Meir Um Munin’
ISK Free! 10:00-19:00
Reykjavík City Library, Tryggvagata 5 (D3)
Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates hypothesised that
reading literature dulled the mind. German philosopher
Ludwig Wittgenstein hypothesised that our language
confined the kind of thinking we could do. Canadian
philosopher Marshall McLuhan maintained that the medium
was the message. Following in their footsteps, Canadian
Guy Stewart believes that the advent of a generation raised
on the internet also alters their way of thinking. Is he onto
something? And is it affecting our memory and perception of
time? Check out his literary exhibit to find out his take on the
matter. TGB
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June
Two Weeks
The Grapevine picks the events, places and what to experience in the next two weeks
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Reykjavík June 6 - 19 Keep it in your pocket
IN YOUR
POCKET
WHAT'S
INSIDE
June 19 STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHT In 1915,
Icelandic women got the right to vote, but
99 years later we are still far away from
equality. With a persistent wage gap and
gender-based violence still prevalent in
the country, and atrocities still happening
abroad, it's only right that we come together
in solidarity and tackle the matters head on.
Expect rallies, meetings and activities
downtown.
June 12 THEATRICAL ROCK Icelandic bands have
a tendency to sometimes go a little over the
top, but if dramatic is what you want, we
don't think you can do any better than Dif-
ferent Turns whose practicing space has
been a theatre! The seven-piece alternative-
electro rock band is celebrating their debut
concept album, 'If You Think This Is About
You... You're Right' in Borgarleikhúsið.
Admission is 2,500 ISK.
June 11 THE VOICE OF A GENERATION Have you
heard the word? No, it's not a bird, it's The
Pixies! And they're coming to Iceland, too. If
you don't mind forking over 6,700 ISK and
aren't too hung up on Kim Deal no longer
being with the indie rock supergroup, then
you're in for a good time. They're joined by
Mono Town, too. They perform at Laugar-
dalshöll at 20:00.
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