Reykjavík Grapevine - 11.09.2015, Blaðsíða 42

ART
OPENINGS
September 11 - 24
How to use the listings: Venues
are listed alphabetically by day.
For complete listings and detailed
information on venues visit listings.
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Opening
Gallerí Fold
Elinborg Ostermann Exhibit
Watercolour paintings by Elinborg
Ostermann will be on display at Gallerí Fold.
Opens September 12
Faroese Painter Exhibition
Gallerí Fold will be showing oil pantings
by four Faroese artists: Birgit Kirke, Finleif
Mortensen, Össur Mohr, and Eyður av
Reyni.
Opens September 12
Iðnó
Reykjavík International Literary Festival
Crime Stories on Friday Night
Pierre Lemaitre, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir & Lilja
Sigurðardóttir—French & Icelandic crime
novelists—sit down to discuss the crafting
of crime plots and the delights of the genre.
September 11 at 19:45-20:30
Literary Ball
On the closing night of the festival, audi-
ence and authors alike can comingle, drink,
dance to the tunes of Royal, and discuss
literature to their hearts' content.
September 12 at 22:30-23:55
Nordic House
Reykjavík International Literary Festival
The Environment, the Future and the
Future of Writing
Science fiction author Kim Stanley
Robinson and Icelandic author Andri
Snær Magnason will consider the role of
literature in relation to the environmental
issues that face all humans in current and
future generations.
September 11 at 12:00-12:45
Icelandic Literature as an
Inspiration
David Mitchell, Emil Hjörvar Petersen,
and Vilborg Davíðsdóttir discuss their
relationships with Icelandic literature and
its influences on their work.
September 11 at 13:00-13:45
Telling Big Stories with Few Words
Ana María Shua and Halldóra Thoroddsen
will acquaint the audience with their work
in the genre of microstory, showcasing its
strengths and wonders.
September 12 at 12:00-12:45
Home Away from Home
Teju Cole and Hassan Blasim will discuss
their work and the concept of ‘home’ and
immigration in literary writing.
September 12 at 13:00-13:45
Journalism Is Not A Crime &
Screening of 'Rosewater'
This event will discuss the issue of journalist
incarceration. Maziar Bahari is an Iranian-
Canadian journalist and filmmaker, who
was arrested by Iranian authorities without
charge during the 2009 Iranian election.
This talk will be followed by a screening of
the 'Rosewater', a 2014 film by Jon Stewart
based on Mazlar's arrest.
September 12 at 14:00-16:30
The National Gallery
NÍNA TRYGGVADÓTTIR - POETCAST
An influential Icelandic artist of her
generation—and one of few women—Nína
Tryggvadóttir is credited with bringing
the aesthetics and ideologies of abstract
expressionism from mainland Europe and
the States to the then colonial settlement
of Iceland. This retrospective exhibition will
show works from her 1938-1967 creative
period.
Opens September 18
Runs until December 31
Reykjavík City Library
In The Icelandic Wood
As part of the Northern Marginal Festival,
this exhibit boasts a multisensory forest
themed exhibition—combining sound, sight,
touch, and smell to elicit the diversity of
the Finnish forest in the Icelandic tundra
landscape.
Opens September 21
Runs until September 27
Tjarnarbíó
‘Bríet’
Recently premiered at the Reykjavík Dance
Festival, 'Bríet' uses movement, text, and
music to communicate the life and work of
feminist Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir.
September 13
The Drop Dead Diet Dance
Performance
This dance by Gígja Jónsdóttir and Guðrún
Selma Sigurjónsdóttir, which premiered
at the Reykjavík Dance Festival and the
Lókal Theatre Festival will be restaged at
Tjarnarbíó theatre.
September 11 at 20:00
Tveir Hrafnar Gallery
‘Acrylic on darkness’ by Hallgrímur
Helgason
One of Iceland’s most famous visual
artist and writer, Hallgrímur Helgason, is
exhibiting for the first time in two years
new works. Nine large paintings, each
160x120cm, focus on the theme of darkness
and the different feelings it can provoke.
Opens September 11
Runs Until October 10
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Worried About Vaginas…
Píkusögur (Vagina Monologues)
Gamla Bíó
Ingólfsstræti 2a (E4) | September 14 20:00 | 3,000 ISK
Even in the 21st century, many find cause to be shy when talking
about the vagina. In 2015, when Icelanders celebrate the centennial
anniversary of women’s suffrage, may be the perfect year to work on
bringing the female body into the public sphere. Gamla Bíó is host-
ing the Píkusögur (Vagina Monologues) on September 14, based
on the American play. 10 performers, including Vanessa Andrea
Terrazaz, Guðrún Bjarnadóttir and Sigríður Björk Sigurðardót-
tir, will be talking openly their bodies and sharing the good and the
bad. There will be ten performances, two in English. All proceeds go
to Stígamót. It’s a good cause and a good show—show up! AJdR
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
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