Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.08.2015, Blaðsíða 54

Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.08.2015, Blaðsíða 54
ART OPENINGS August 14-27 How to use the listings: Venues are listed alphabetically by day. For complete listings and detailed information on venues visit listings. grapevine.is. Send us your listings to: listings@grapevine.is 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 Madison Perfumery Reykjavik • Aðalstræti 9 • 101 Reykjavik tel : +354 571 7800 • www.madison.is Iceland’s fi rst n iche per f u mer y, offeri ng a world class selection of the fi nest ar tistic per f u mes and cosmetics i n dow ntow n R e y k j av i k Welcome to our enchanting Beauty Room where we offer a range of treatements using only the fi nest skin care products Documentary//Theatre ‘Nazanin’ by Marta Nordal Grillmarkaðurinn Lækjargata 2a (enter at Austurstræti) | August 27 22:15 | 2,900 ISK 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, and the performer on stage. She is also a recipient of the 2015 DV- Cultural Awards. SLWF ART HOUSE CINEMA & CAFÉ CULT CLASSIC MOVIE POSTER EXHIBITION ICELANDIC FILMS WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES HAPPY HOUR AT THE BAR FROM 17:00-20:00 ShowtimeS: bioparadis.is | Hverfisgata 54 | Reykjavík | +354 412 7711 | midasala@bioparadis.is A journey through the visual world of Iceland The Culture House Hverfisgata 15 101 Reykjavík The exhibition, shop and café are open daily 10 - 17 Closed on Mondays 16/9 – 30/4 Illuminated manuscripts, textiles, carvings, photographs, paintings and contemporary Icelandic art www.culturehouse.is The Culture House is part of the National Museum of Iceland 10
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