Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.08.2015, Blaðsíða 54

ART
OPENINGS
August 14-27
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are listed alphabetically by day.
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Opening
Anarkía
‘Secret Garden’ by Georg Douglas
This exhibit of vivid, trippy paintings is
inspired by nature of the floral kind, as well
as the artist’s career as a scientist, Irish
dancing, and the Icelandic summer light.
Opens August 22
Runs until September 13
Borgarleikhúsið
‘An Eternal Piece On Love And The
Lack Of It’ by The Professional
Amateurs
This show explores issues of love,
life, expectations, disappointment,
beginnings, and endings, using a strange
theatrical format that utilises stand-up
and confrontation. It is part of the Lókal
International Theater Festival.
Runs on August 26 at 21:00 &
August 30 at 19:00
‘Giselle’ by Halla Ólafsdóttir and
John Moström
As part of the Reykjavík Dance Festival and
Lókal International Theater Festival, ‘Giselle’
is a ballet that seeks to dismantle the
medium, setting the show in an apocalyptic
wilderness where character’s identities
constantly morph and transform.
Runs on August 26 at 19:00
‘ATLAS (2011)’ by Ana Borralho &
João Galante
Using 100 people of different professions
on stage, ‘ATLAS (2011)’ explores the role
of art in modern society. It is part of the
Lókal International Theater Festival.
Runs on August 27 at 19:00
Gallerí Vest
‘Structure—an array of parts’
This exhibit features the works of four
disparate European artists that work with
various mediums, and focuses on the
concept of structure and its broad meaning.
Opens August 15
Gamla Bíó
Margrét Bjarnadóttir
To open the Reykjavík Dance Festival
and Lókal International Theater Festival,
Margrét will present a piece inspired by a
sentence she wrote in her diary. “If I was an
instrument, I would be a cello that wants to
be a drum kit.”
Runs on August 26 17:00
‘WHEN I DIE - a ghost story with
music’ by Thom Luz
Rosemary Brown infamously claimed that
she had music dictated from beyond the
grave composed by famous artists like
Debussy, Schumann, and Bach. Here, Luz
uses her (or their?) compositions to set the
stage for a spooky performance, as part of
the Lókal International Theater Festival.
Runs on August 26, 27 at 21:00
Hannesarholt
Origami Iceland
Origami Iceland will be holding a free open
practice workshop in Hannesarholt. All are
invited to participate and learn!
Runs on August 22 13:00-16:30
Hitt Húsið
Culture Night Events
13:45 Hitt Húsið Street Theatre: ‘What Is
On And Underneath The Surface?’
14:35 Staría
15:50 Dance Ministry
16:35 The Póet and Reginfirra
Runs on August 22
Iceland Academy Of The Arts
‘The Drop Dead Diet’
The Drop Dead Diet is a new dance
performance by Gígja Jónsdóttir and Guðrún
Selma Sigurjónsdóttir. You may have tried
Atkins or the Cabbage diet, but this one will
sure to be the one that finally works!
Runs on August 27 at 17:00
Laugarnes
Kite Festival
This festival will feature plenty of kite-
flying enthusiasts, and of course attendees
are welcome to bring kites of their own.
Additionally, attendees can purchase kites
at the festival as well as learn how to make
kites. Other activities include mask-making,
juggling classes, and story-telling, and there
will be food available to keep the festival
going till the wind stops blowing.
Runs on August 22 at 14:00
National Museum of Iceland
Exhibition in Conjunction with the
Study of Scottish and Icelandic
Crafts
Two designers, Icelander Hönnu Dísar
Whitehead, and Claire Andersen of Scotland,
find common connections between the two
nations' histories of textile craft.
Runs August 14 at 14:00
Reylkavík Art Museum—
Hafnarhús
‘Macho Man’ by Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
As part of the Reykjavík Dance Festival and
Lókal International Theater Festival, ‘Macho
Man’ explores how the masculine body is
choreographed, using inspirations like WWE,
rock icons, and fitness competitions.
Runs on August 27 on 22:15
‘Neither nor’
This exhibit features the work from five
artists who tackle existential questions
about mundane life, purpose, definitions,
transformations, anxiety, impossibility, and
nothing. There is a special opening party on
August 15 at 15:00.
Opens August 15
Runs until August 30
Skuggi
‘Nazarin’ by Marta Nordal
Nazanin fled Iran after the 2009 Presidental
election. Now a political refugee in Iceland,
she will recount her story on stage.
The performance is part of the Lókal
International Theater Festival.
Runs on August 27 at 22:15
Tjarnarbíó
‘Milkywhale’ by Melkorka Sigríður
Magnúsdóttir and Árni Rúnar
Hlöðversson
As part of the Lókal International Theater
Festival, ‘Milkywhale’ is a brand new musical
project that hopes to blur the lines between
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‘Nazanin’ by Marta Nordal
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Presented as part of the Lókal Theatre Festival, 'Nazanin' is
an hour-long solo performance, directed by and starring Marta
Nordal. The performance depicts her flight from Iran after the 2009
presidential election, told via the character of Nazanin. Marta is
well-known for working with the interplay of soundscape, music,
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