Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.08.2014, Side 47

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The International Organ Summer
in Hallgrímskirkja 2014
June 14 – August 17
Hallgrimskirkja's Friends of the Arts Society 32nd season
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19. 6. 12 noon Helga Þórdís Guðmundsdóttir,
Víðistaðarkirkja/Iceland
26. 6. 12 noon Guðmundur Sigurðsson,
Hafnarfjarðarkirkja/Iceland
3. 7. 12 noon Kári Allansson, Háteigskirkja & Anna
Jónsdóttir soprano, Reykjavík/Iceland
10. 7. 12 noon Steingrímur Þórhallsson, Neskirkja &
Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir, soprano, Reykjavík
17. 7. 12 noon Sigrún Magna Þórsteinsdóttir,
Akureyrarkirkja/Iceland
24. 7. 12 noon Jón Bjarnason,
Skálholt Cathedral/Iceland
31. 7. 12 noon Stéphane Rigat, orgel & Olivier Gillet
trumpet, Marseille/France
7. 8. 12 noon Eyþór Ingi Jónsson,
Akureyrarkirkja/Iceland
14. 8. 12 noon Gunnar Gunnarsson,
Fríkirkjan í Reykjavík/Iceland
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Hallgrímskirkja, Skólavörðuholti, 101 Reykjavík
Sími / tel.: +354 510 1000, fax: +354 510 1010
list@hallgrimskirkja.is - www.listvinafelag.is
14.6. 12 noon Björn Steinar Sólbergsson, Hallgrímskirkja Reykjavík
15.6. 5 pm Björn Steinar Sólbergsson, Hallgrímskirkja Reykjavík
21.6. 12 noon Hannfried Lucke, Lichtenstein- Salzburg/Austurríki
22.6. 5 pm Hannfried Lucke, Lichtenstein- Salzburg/ Austurríki
28.6. 12 noon Pétur Sakari, Helsinki, Finnland/ Finland
29.6. 5 pm Pétur Sakari, Helsinki, Finnland/ Finland
5.7. 12 noon Thierry Escaich, París Frakkland / France
6.7. 5 pm Thierry Escaich, París Frakkland / France
12.7. 12 noon Andreas Meisner, Altenberg Þýskaland / Germany
13.7. 5 pm Andreas Meisner, Altenberg Þýskaland / Germany
19.7. 12 noon Alessandro Bianchi, Cantu, Ítalía/ Italy
20.7. 5 pm Alessandro Bianchi, Cantu Ítalía/ Italy
26.7. 12 noon Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir Reykjavík, Ísland/ Iceland
27.7. 5 pm Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir Reykjavík, Ísland/ Iceland
2.8. 12 noon Maurice Clerc, Dijon Frakkland / France
3.8. 5 pm Maurice Clerc, Dijon Frakkland / France
9.8. 12 noon Eyþór Franzson Wechner, Ísland/ Iceland
10.8. 5 pm Eyþór Franzson Wechner, Ísland / Iceland
16.8. 12 noon Axel Flierl , Dillingen, Þýskaland/ Germany
17.8. 5 pm Axel Flierl , Dillingen, Þýskaland/ Germany
47The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 11 — 2014 ART
an impromptu
television studio.
Their YouTube
channel, LungATV,
hosts the short
videos the
participants made
and Coffee Corner
livestream recorded
every afternoon.
Then we’re off to
the edge of the
water where we
circle around all
the beasts and
the whale dances
through them. The
mythology of the
beasts and Whale
of Time is told to us over a loudspeaker
as each beast swaps the heads of their
costumes with each other, and then the
parade is over.
The Point Of It All
The final show is undoubtedly
impressive, but the heart of the festival
is about more than the grand climax. The
workshops are what make it unique, and
the final show is just a way of showing
the end results of the whole process.
Participants at LungA sign up for
specific week-long workshops run by
people chosen by the LungA board. The
main requirement for a workshop leader
is that they are doing something good
in their respective
fields, and many of
them live and work
in Reykjavík. Some
of the workshoppers
are artists who came
with some notion of
what they wanted to
accomplish at LungA,
while some are not
and just want to be
in a collaborative
environment.
Despite having
variable experience,
there is no elitism or
snobbiness. Everyone
collaborates on their
artworks, both with
the members of their workshops and
with the members of other workshops.
The sleeping situation practically
forces everyone to get along, what with
almost the entire group packed into
the classrooms of two schoolhouses,
sleeping bags and mattresses lining
the floor with only piles of clothing to
separate each makeshift bed. Everyone
sleeps together, everyone eats together
and everyone hangs out at the pool
together.
The relative remoteness makes it a
perfect environment for art making, as
the constant distractions of the big city
of Reykjavík are nowhere to be found
in this small town on the east coast of
Iceland.
LungA was founded in 2000 by Að-
alheiður Borgþórsdóttir, Björt Sig-
finnsdóttir, Ólafur Ágústsson, Hall-
dóra Malin Pétursdóttir and Stefán
Benedikt Vilhelmsson.
From the performance art work-
shop to the video workshop to the
costume workshop, participants
at LungA had a lot to choose from
when signing up to be a part of the
festival.
Some of the 120 participants this
summer have been coming for
years, while others are here for the
first time.
More than 4,000 guests came
throughout the week, though most
of them were there for the final Sat-
urday, which culminated in a con-
cert.
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